Our objective is to analyse the role of teacher and school quality to explain differences in students' educational … methods in order to identify the role of these factors for different groups of students. Our results show that school and …

There has been considerable progress in school construction and enrollment worldwide. Paying kids to go to school can … the developing world, limiting development impact. Thus we should measure and promote learning not schooling. Conditional … cash transfers to students on the basis of attendance and scores, school choice, decentralization combined with published …

introduced school vouchers or cash transfers programs that are targeted to disadvantaged children. Others have initiated programs … to attract or retain students by expanding school access or by setting higher teacher eligibility requirements or … the incentives and constraints faced by all parties involved, the school providers, the parents and the children. The …

-side interventions that increase the immediate returns to (or reduce household costs of) school enrollment, or that increase students …’ returns to effort, are broadly effective at increasing time in school and learning outcomes, but vary considerably in cost …-effectiveness. Many expensive “standard” school inputs are often not very effective at improving outcomes, though some specific inputs …

relationship between the school enrollment of 6 to 14 year olds and the distance to primary and secondary schools in 21 rural areas … yields only small increases in average school participation, and only small reductions in within-country inequality. The data … endogenous school placement. Data can be geographically matched over time in three of the study countries and under some …