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Cognitive and Socioemotional Skills in Low-Income Countries: Measurement and Associations with Schooling and Earnings
We assess the reliability and validity of cognitive and socioemotional skills measures and investigate the correlation between …
Alice Danon, Jishnu Das, Andreas de Barros, Deon Filmer
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Long-Term Impacts of Primary School Scholarships: Evidence from Cambodia
This paper reports on a randomized experiment to investigate the long-term effects of a primary school scholarship program in rural …
Felipe Barrera-Osorio, Andreas de Barros, Deon P. Filmer
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Which Students Benefit from Computer-Based Individualized Instruction? Experimental Evidence from Public Schools in India
This is one of the first studies to evaluate the impact of computer-based individualized instruction in a developing country. We …
Andreas de Barros, Alejandro J. Ganimian
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The Foundational Math Skills of Indian Children
We leverage data on learning for 101,084 public-school students in grades 4, 6, and 8 across 19 Indian states to diagnose their …
Andreas de Barros, Alejandro J. Ganimian
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Which Students Benefit from Independent Practice? Experimental Evidence from a Math Software in Private Schools in India
This study is one of the first evaluations of independent (i.e., self-guided) practice in math in a developing country. We randomly …
Andreas de Barros, Alejandro J. Ganimian, Anuja Venkatachalam
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Building Back Better to Avert a Learning Catastrophe: Estimating Learning Loss from COVID-19 School Shutdowns in Africa and Facilitating Short-term and Long-term Learning Recovery
We model learning losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the potential for cost-effective strategies to build back better. Data from …
Noam Angrist, Andreas de Barros, Radhika Bhula, Shiraz Chakera, Chris Cummiskey, Joseph DeStefano, John Floretta, Michelle Kaffenberger, Benjamin Piper, Jonathan Stern
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Levers for Learning: Relationships between School-Level Factors and Literacy Outcomes in Low-Income Schools in Colombia
This study examines the relationships between school processes and literacy in public schools that serve low-income families in a …
Felipe Barrera-Osorio, Andreas de Barros, Sarah Dryden-Peterson, Bethany Mulimbi, Nozomi Nakajima, Paola Uccelli
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