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Girls in line to receive their scholarships in rural Niger

The Effects of Middle School Scholarships on Child Marriage in Niger

Hélène Giacobino
Elise Huillery
Mathilde Sage
Government ministries introduced middle school scholarships to cover girls’ transportation, housing, and supplies; researchers evaluated how paying for out-of-pocket expenses affected schooling impacts and child marriage. The researchers found that the intervention reduced girls’ chance of leaving...

Sahel Women’s Empowerment and Demographic Dividend Project Niger: Safe Spaces and Future Husband Clubs

Researchers are partnering with the Government of Niger to evaluate the impact of empowerment clubs providing adolescents girls with life skills trainings; gender norms clubs designed to change gender-related norms among young men; or both clubs implemented in the same villages on gender norms and...
Three schoolchildren walk down a street smiling

India’s Happiness Curriculum to Improve Youth Mental Health, Learning, and Development

Kevin Carney
Avinash Moorthy
Researchers are examining the impact of a socioemotional learning curriculum on student mental health, academic achievement, and other social outcomes.

Student Coaching: How Far Can Technology Go?

Philip Oreopoulos
Uros Petronijevic
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of three different coaching methods on academic outcomes: one-on-one in-person coaching, text messaging, and an online values and goals exercise. One-on-one coaching substantially improved student outcomes, while text messaging and the...
Students take a college entry test in Santiago, Chile.

Removing Higher Education Barriers of Entry: Test Training and Classroom Peer Effects in Chile

Esther Duflo
Francisco Gallego
Felipe Kast
In an ongoing study, researchers are evaluating whether providing subsidized test preparation to high-achieving, low-income students can diminish the barriers to entry to institutions of higher education in Chile.

The Impact of Entrepreneurship Training Using Imagery Techniques in Colombia

Nava Ashraf
Gharad Bryan
Alexia Delfino
Leonardo Iacovone
Ashley Pople
Researchers are designing and evaluating a soft skills training program that incorporates imagery for entrepreneurs who have experienced violence or other traumatic or challenging life circumstances in Bogotá, Colombia.

Vouchers for Private Schooling in Colombia

Joshua Angrist
Eric Bettinger
Erik Bloom
Elizabeth King
Michael Kremer
Juan Saavedra
Colombia used lotteries to distribute vouchers which partially covered the cost of private secondary school for students who maintained satisfactory academic progress. Three years after the lotteries, winners were about 10 percentage points more likely to have finished 8th grade, primarily because...
The back of students sitting in desks raising hands, with a teacher at the white board.

Revealing Stereotypes about Immigrant Students to Middle School Teachers in Italy

Alberto Alesina
Michela Carlana
Eliana La Ferrara
Paolo Pinotti
Researchers evaluated the impact of informing middle school teachers in Italy about their implicit stereotypes towards immigrant students on end-of-year grading. Both math and literature teachers eligible to receive feedback before the end-of-the-year grading gave higher grades to immigrant students...