We examine the impact of enrolling in schools that employ a highly-standardized approach
to education, using random variation from a large nationwide scholarship program. Bridge …

A randomized evaluation in rural Kenya finds, contrary to the previous literature, that
providing textbooks did not raise average test scores. Textbooks did increase the scores of …

In recent decades, the number of evaluated interventions to improve access to school has
multiplied, but few studies report long-term impacts. This paper reports the impact of an …

The recent wave of randomized trials in development economics has provoked criticisms
regarding external validity and the neglect of political economy. We investigate these …

Across a range of contexts, reductions in education costs and provision of subsidies can
boost school participation, often dramatically. Decisions to attend school seem subject to …

I present results from a partial re-analysis of the Kenyan school tracking experiment first
described in Duflo, Dupas and Kremer (2011). My results suggest that, in a developing …

In the past decade, hundreds of impact evaluation studies have measured the learning
outcomes of different education interventions. The impact magnitudes are often reported in …

The recent wave of randomized trials in development economics has provoked criticisms
regarding external validity. We investigate two concerns—heterogeneity across …

In the United States education is a worthwhile investment. College graduates earn
substantially more than high-school graduates, who earn more in turn than dropouts. Figure …

In the past decade, hundreds of impact evaluation studies have measured the learning
outcomes of education interventions in developing countries. The impact magnitudes are …