I study the impact of school consolidation on enrolment and achievement, using its staggered roll-out in the Indian … proportion of children studying in a school with a principal by 0.1, and increased the number of teachers in a village by 0.7. I … also find that consolidation increased school enrolment in a village by 2 per cent- in particular, girls' enrolment …

The impact of school resources on the quality of education in developing countries may depend crucially on whether … resources are targeted efficiently. In this paper we use a randomized experiment to analyze the impact of a school grants … focused funds on human resources improvements rather than school materials, suggesting that teachers and principals may be a …

The impact of school resources on the quality of education in developing countries may depend crucially on whether … resources are targeted efficiently. In this paper we use a randomized experiment to analyze the impact of a school grants … focused funds on human resources improvements rather than school materials, suggesting that teachers and principals may be a …

The impact of school resources on the quality of education in developing countries may depend crucially on whether … resources are targeted efficiently. In this paper we use a randomized experiment to analyze the impact of a school grants … focused funds on human resources improvements rather than school materials, suggesting that teachers and principals may be a …

we estimate the causal short-term effect of JU enrollment and show that attending JU significantly leads to higher school … readiness, i.e. higher cognitive and non-cognitive abilities. Although the effect of attending JU on school readiness is quite …

The positive effects of early childhood programs on children's school success have been demonstrated in the literature …. In this study we examine the relationship between Kindergarten attendance and the 7th grade school placement of children … citizens and children's later school placement. However, for children in immigrant households the reverse is true: later school …

involuntary school choice, using survey data and standardized test scores from field work conducted in Shanghai. We find that … in both Chinese and Mathematics. We also use parental satisfaction and parental assessment of school quality as …

mathematics among early primary school children in Norway, a low testing environment. We examine two forms of testing, complex but …

Can lowering school starting age promote equality of opportunities and reduce the achievement gaps between pupils? We … provide evidence on the heterogeneous (positional) effects on early school performance of two mandatory schooling reforms in … reform reduced the school starting age from seven to six, the second changed the first-year curriculum from a play …