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Randomized field experiments designed to better understand the production of human capital have increased exponentially over the past several decades. This chapter summarizes what we have learned about various partial derivatives of the human capital production function, what important partial...
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This article relies on a large-scale field experiment in Mexico to measure the effects of two ability-grouping models …
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This study describes the design and the ex-ante evaluation of an Intercultural Bilingual Education1 Program in the …
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This paper reports the results of an experiment with secondary school students designed to improve their ability to …
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(i.e., caregiver education and experience), and convenience (i.e., caregiver car ownership and availability). We find …
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In 2013, Tanzania introduced "Big Results Now in Education", a low-stakes accountability program that published both …
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We analyze evidence from 10 at-scale field experiments in four countries on the effect of inquiry- and problem-based pedagogy (IPP) on students' math and science test scores. IPP creates active problem solving opportunities in settings that derive meaning to the child. Students learn by...
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We conduct a randomized experiment in rural Burkina Faso to estimate the impact of alternative cash transfer delivery … mechanisms on education. The two-year pilot program randomly distributed cash transfers that were either conditional (CCT) or …
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effect of a policy reform. Chapters 2 to 4 provide a contribution to the literature on economics of education and investigate …
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effect of a policy reform. Chapters 2 to 4 provide a contribution to the literature on economics of education and investigate …
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