Two-stage examinations consist of a first stage in which students work individually as they typically do in examinations (stage 1),…
Using administrative data on the universe of eighth graders, we study learning losses in Italy between 2021 and 2019 to estimate the effect…
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Private schools provide affordable education in low-income countries. Yet, they often face higher closure rates, leading to disruption for…
We estimate the equilibrium effects of a public school grant program administered through school councils in Pakistani villages with…
We exploit a policy designed to randomly allocate roommates in a large South African university to investigate whether interracial…
Using rich panel data from Pakistan, we compute test score based measures of quality (School Value-Addeds or SVAs) for more than 800…
The comparative advantage of a location shapes its industrial structure. Current theoretical models based on this principle do not take a…
South Africa’s labor market exhibits a unique equilibrium with one of the highest unemployment rates in the world and yet a low level of…
Sarah Glavery and her coauthors draw a distinction between explicit knowledge, which is easily identified and shared through databases and…
We study the relationship between teachers' stereotypes and students' high school choice in a setting where students can enroll in more or…