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We evaluate a 'girl-friendly' primary school program in Burkina Faso using a regression discontinuity design. After 2.5 years, the program…
"If I like a boy I cannot tell anybody about my choice because I am a girl. I like making friends with boys but being a girl I cannot do…
Providing the first experimental estimate of the long-term impacts of an offer of a private-school
voucher to low-income families, we link…
In his State of the Union Address on February 13, President Barack Obama urged that young people be given the opportunity to obtain the…
Success or failure in freshman math has long been thought to have a strong impact on
subsequent high school outcomes. We study an intensive…
With an estimated one hundred fifteen million children not attending primary school in the developing world, increasing access to education…
The vast majority of low-income, high-achieving students in the U.S. do not even apply to any selective colleges, in spite of the fact that…
We analyze a Massachusetts merit aid program in which high-scoring students received
tuition waivers at in-state public colleges with lower…
We present a method of ranking U.S. undergraduate programs based on students’ revealed preferences. When a student chooses a college among…