Some children left behind: When mean impacts and individual impacts differ Even interventions with large average benefits do not help everyone, which is a serious challenge for education policy in developing countries Education Julie Buhl-Wiggers Jason Kerwin Juan Muñoz-Morales Jeffrey Smith Rebecca Thornton Published 24.06.22
Scholarships increase social mobility: Evidence from Colombia Needs-based and merit-based scholarships improve the motivation and social mobility of low-income students Education Rachid Laajaj Andrés Moya Fabio Sánchez Published 20.06.22
Transmitting gender attitudes in school: Experimental evidence from Pakistan Progressive gender norms can be transmitted from teachers to students and improve classroom achievement through better cooperation among the sexes Education Sultan Mehmood Shaheen Naseer Daniel Li Chen Published 20.05.22
The impact of Mexico’s Progresa programme twenty years on The ground-breaking conditional cash transfer programme shows long-term benefits to education, income, geographic mobility and family formation Education M. Caridad Araujo Karen Macours Published 04.05.22
How skills training can boost entrepreneurship and job creation: Evidence from Uganda A mini-MBA programme for high-school students led to significant gains in profits, business capital investments, new businesses, and job creation Education Laura Chioda David Contreras-Loya Paul Gertler Dana Carney Published 13.04.22
Building social cohesion in ethnically mixed schools: An intervention in Turkey An intervention to develop perspective-taking reduced peer violence, boosted reciprocity, altruism and trust, and encouraged inter-ethnic friendships Education Sule Alan Ceren Baysan Mert Gumren Elif Kubilay Published 23.03.22
Non-monetary teacher incentives and student learning in Guinea Public recognition rewards for well-performing public-sector teachers are less effective than in-kind rewards at improving student learning Education Jacobus Cilliers Felipe Barrera-Osorio Marie-Helene Cloutier Deon Filmer Published 14.03.22
Expanding learning beyond the classroom: Evidence from India Integrated education interventions with in-school and out-of-school components can increase student learning far beyond either approach independently Education Martina Björkman-Nyqvist Andrea Guariso Published 02.02.22
Using information to foster parental engagement in education: Evidence from Colombia Parents respond to information by increasing their educational investment, but this initial response decays unless report cards are sustained Education Felipe Barrera-Osorio David Deming Katie Gonzalez Francisco Lagos Published 17.01.22
