This paper investigates the impact of working while in school on learning outcomes through the use of a unique micro … panel dataset of students in the São Paulo municipal school system. The potential endogeneity of working decisions and … learning outcomes is addressed through the use of a difference-in-difference estimator and it is shown that the results are …

We study the effect of the world's largest school feeding program on children's learning outcomes. Staggered … that midday meals have a dramatic positive effect on learning achievement: children with up to 5 years of primary school … implementation across different states of a 2001 Indian Supreme Court Directive mandating the introduction of free school lunches in …

We study the effect of the world's largest school feeding program on children's learning outcomes. Staggered … that midday meals have a dramatic positive effect on learning achievement: children with up to 5 years of primary school … implementation across different states of a 2001 Indian Supreme Court Directive mandating the introduction of free school lunches in …

Background: Due to the Covid 19 pandemic, in many countries, higher, secondary and even primary education experienced …: The main objective of the research was to identify the most important digital tools applied by educators and students … students using digital teaching platforms or emails. The answers were analysed by descriptive statistics. Results: Research …

tongue-based multilingual education could effectively improve learning outcomes in low- and middle-income countries. However … also find evidence that learning outcomes are higher in countries with a monolingual education policy after controlling for …, the challenges of implementing an effective multilingual education could prove prohibitive in countries with a high …

We analyze the effect of substituting a weekly mathematics lessons in primary school grades 1-3 with a lesson in …

education they receive. School enrollment rates have increased dramatically in developing counties since 1960, but many children … still leave school at a young age and often learn little while in school. This chapter reviews recent research on the impact … of education and other policies on the quantity and quality of education obtained by children in developing countries …

. First, (marginally)retained students achieve the same amount of education than (marginally) promoted(i.e., high school … under debate. Retention may aect learning, cognitive and psychologicalcapacities, educational attainment and the lifetime … outcomes exploiting a retention rule based on the school GPA that enables a regressiondiscontinuity design. I use …

cognitive outcomes. We exploit variation in exposure to leadcontaminated toxic sites in Indonesia and estimate a two-way fixed …-6 kilometers from the site and were exposed before 7 years old. The learning penalty in numeracy is equivalent to about 3 years of … primary schooling in Indonesia for those who lived within 3 kilometers and 1.4 years for those who lived 3-6 kilometers from …