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
Risk and schooling investments: Evidence from India An increase in risk can reduce the probability of a child attending school by 4–5% Education Esther Gehrke Andrew Foster Published 18.10.21
How teacher wage policies help reduce urban-rural achievement gaps: Evidence from Peru Wage policies that account for teacher preferences can achieve a more effective and equitable geographic allocation of teachers Education Matteo Bobba Tim Ederer Gianmarco León-Ciliotta Christopher Neilson Marco Nieddu Published 04.10.21
Using role models to reshape gender attitudes: Evidence from schools in Somalia Female role models improved gender attitudes and educational aspirations of primary school students, with particular impact on boy(s)/male students Education Elijah Kipkech Kipchumba Catherine Porter Danila Serra Munshi Sulaiman Published 08.09.21
