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Dictator games in the lab and in nature: External validity tested and investigated in Ugandan primary schools

Barr, Aibgail; Zeitlin, Andrew - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2010

This paper tests the external validity of a simple Dictator Game as a laboratory analogue for a naturally occurring policy-relevant decision-making context. In Uganda, where teacher absenteeism is a problem, primary school teachers' allocations to parents in a Dictator Game are positively but...

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Conflict of interest as a barrier to local accountability

Barr, Abigail; Zeitlin, Andrew - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2011

Using a specially designed lab-type experiment conducted in the field, we compare the willingness of head teachers, centrally appointed public servants, and community representatives to hold Ugandan primary school teachers to account. We find no difference in the willingness of centrally...

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Dictator games in the lab and in nature: External validity tested and investigated in Ugandan primary schools

Barr, Abigail; Zeitlin, Andrew - Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), … - 2010

This paper tests the external validity of a simple Dictator Game as a laboratory analogue for a naturally occurring policy-relevant decision-making context. In Uganda, where teacher absenteeism is a problem, primary school teachers’ allocations to parents in a Dictator Game are positively but...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009642408

Conflict of interest as a barrier to local accountability

Barr, Abigail; Zeitlin, Andrew - Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), … - 2011

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Attaining the 2050 vision for Africa : breaking the human capital barrier

Fredriksen, Birger; Kagia, Ruth - In: Global journal of emerging market economies 5 (2013) 3, pp. 269-328

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What you learned by second grade matters : a comparative study on human capital formation in Madagascar and Senegal

Kaila, Heidi; Sahn, David E.; Sunder, Naveen - 2019

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Determinants of human capital development in Africa : a panel data analysis

Shuaibu, Mohammed Isa; Oladayo, Popoola Timothy - In: Oeconomia Copernicana 7 (2016) 4, pp. 523-549

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Early life determinants of cognitive ability : a comparative study on Madagascar and Senegal

Kaila, Heidi; Sahn, David E.; Sunder, Naveen - 2018

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Early life determinants of cognitive ability : a comparative study on Madagascar and Senegal

Kaila, Heidi; Sahn, David E.; Sunder, Naveen - 2018

of individuals surveyed in their early twenties. The inclusion of early life household wealth, parental education and … cognitive outcomes in young adult life. Additionally, we find that both early life cognitive ability and health seem to have … cohort members according to their height, which we consider a proxy for health status - shorter individuals show a stronger …

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Efficiency of public spending on human capital in Africa

Sikayena, Isaiah; Bentum-Ennin, Isaac; Andoh, Francis Kwaw - In: Cogent economics & finance 10 (2022) 1, pp. 1-15

public spending on human capital and their correlates in Africa. The study found public spending on health and education in … Africa to be inefficient. Efficiency was much higher in health spending than in educational spending. Factors such as …

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