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Roommates and Peer Effects in the United States

Bruce Sacerdote
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Information and Gender Differences in University Economics Courses and Majors in the United States

Daniel Halim
Elizabeth T. Powers
Rebecca Thornton
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of providing information to students on their decision to pursue courses and majors in economics at a public university in the United States. The intervention increased male students' likelihood of studying additional economics courses...
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Can Informational Campaigns Raise Awareness and Local Participation in Primary Education in India?

Abhijit Banerjee
Rukmini Banerji
Esther Duflo
Rachel Glennerster
Stuti Khemani
Researchers examined whether increasing community oversight and participation could improve education outcomes in Uttar Pradesh, India. Mobilizing community members to monitor local schools through Village Education Committees did not increase participation in school governance or improve education...
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Shaping Educational Careers of Immigrant Children: Motivation, Cognitive Skills and Teachers’ Beliefs in Italy

Michela Carlana
Eliana La Ferrara
Paolo Pinotti
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to measure the impact of an academic tutoring and career counseling program designed to reduce educational inequalities between native-born and immigrant children. Can tutoring and career counseling help improve the educational outcomes of high-ability...

School Choice in Andhra Pradesh, India

Karthik Muralidharan
Venkatesh Sundararaman
In India, researchers measured the impact of providing vouchers to attend private schools on student learning. Students who won vouchers had test scores that were 0.13 standard deviations higher across all subjects.
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Balsakhi Remedial Tutoring in Vadodara and Mumbai, India

Abhijit Banerjee
Shawn Cole
Esther Duflo
Leigh Linden
Researchers evaluated the impact of the Balsakhi Program, a remedial tutoring education intervention implemented in schools in Vadodara and Mumbai, India, on student learning. The program significantly improved student test scores in both locations.
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Creating Moves to Opportunity in Seattle-King County

Peter Bergman
Raj Chetty
Stefanie DeLuca
Nathaniel (Nathan) Hendren
Lawrence Katz
Christopher Palmer
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The Impact of Secondary Education on Economic Decision-Making in Malawi

Researchers evaluated whether randomly providing financial support for secondary education could improve economic decision-making in addition to educational outcomes for secondary school students in Malawi. Results show that the intervention improved educational outcomes and economic decision-making...