Failure of frequent assessment: Evidence from India’s continuous and comprehensive evaluation programme More frequent assessment of student performance fails to deliver on improved outcomes when the administrative burden on teachers is high Education James Berry Harini Kannan Shobhini Mukerji Marc Shotland Published 08.12.20
Assessing the market forces behind effective education: Evidence from Pakistan In low-income countries, students’ economic background can determine how well their learning needs are matched with their schools’ instructional level Education Natalie Bau Published 25.11.20
Measuring the impact of a home visiting programme on child skills A home visiting programme substantially improves the language, cognitive, fine motor and socioemotional skills of left-behind children in rural China Education James Heckman Bei Liu Mai Lu Jin Zhou Published 28.09.20
The impact of school-based life skills classes for adolescent girls in India School-based life skills classes can change attitudes, strengthen social connections, and help girls assert more control over their lives while staying in school Education Eric Edmonds Ben Feigenberg Jessica Leight Published 31.08.20
Returns to work, child labour, and schooling: The income versus price effects Returns to child work play an important role in determining child labour and schooling through changing the opportunity costs of schooling Education Jie Bai Yukun Wang Published 21.08.20
Does vocational educational training work? Experimental evidence from Mongolia Can investments in vocational training, contrary to the existing research literature, actually improve labour market outcomes? Education Ofer Malamud Erica Field Leigh Linden Daniel Rubenson Shing-Yi Wang Published 08.07.20
Education creates peace: Evidence from school-building in Indonesia New research shows how a school-building programme in Indonesia successfully reduced conflict Education Dominic Rohner Published 11.03.20
India’s National Education Policy: A need to look beyond the classroom to improve results India should consider how government policies have both intended and unintended consequences for education, as they impact incentives to attend school Education Anjali Adukia Published 15.11.19
Changing beliefs about education: Evidence from rural India Beyond simply telling them or showing evidence, how can we make children in developing countries believe that education has value? Education Guo Xu Published 06.11.19
