Does China owe its growth to schooling?

Human capital externalities amplify the returns to education in China. Yet this can only explain some of the country's rapid growth....

Perceived risk of street harassment and college choice of women in Delhi

Women choose lower quality colleges, travel for a longer time, and spend more money on commuting, relative to men, to feel safer...

Going to the movies can help you at school

Watching Queen of Katwe, a movie featuring an inspiring role model, improved Ugandan secondary school students’ national exam scores...

Goals and gaps: Tackling educational segregation of immigrant children

Career counselling helps close the immigrant-native gap in high-school track choice, grade repetition, and cognitive skills...

The labour market for teachers in Pakistan: Pay and effectiveness

Teachers determine the quality of student learning; however, teacher effectiveness is difficult to predict and does not necessarily correlate to wages...

Colonial investments in education in India

Investment, enrolment and achievement in primary education in India lag the rest of Asia and Latin America – a crisis 150 years in the making...

The power of information in improving school performance

Giving parents information on the performance of schools in Pakistan improved test scores and enrolment, and reduced the cost of private school tuition...

Early childhood development policies: The evidence and the research agenda

Effective education programmes can be implemented in low-income settings, but the quality of service and adapting it to the local context are crucial...