Education Research
Prof. Caprio recommends: The Secret To Success? Having A Big Sister
The Secret To Success? Having A Big Sister A new study by four researchers at the Center for Global development, including two Williams Professors: Jakiela and Ozier, explores the impact of a big sister’s caregiving on a child’s development. Be sure not to miss it! You can read a short summary on the paper at…
Read MoreThe relationship between school-building and conflict in Indonesia (podcast)
In this episode of VoxTalks, Dominic Rohner discusses an investigation into the relationship between Indonesia’s expansion of schools in the nineties and how increased education was related to a reduction in conflict.
Read MoreProf. Gibson recommends this podcast episode on teachers and big questions with Raj Chetty
As in any “Conversations with Tyler” podcast episode, this discussion between economists Raj Chetty and Tyler Cowen is wide-ranging, spanning some of Chetty’s work on early childhood development, education, okra, taxes, and more.
Read MoreCourse Text: Principles of Microeconomics
This book by Gregory Mankiw is one of the core texts used in recent years for CDE orientation, and is also a reference text for “Public Economics,” a core course taught in the fall.
Read MoreCourse Text: “Scaling Up What Works: Evidence on External Validity in Kenyan Education”
This article has been assigned as required reading in Program Evaluation, a spring CDE elective.
Read MoreCourse Text: “School Governance, Teacher Incentives and Pupil-Teacher Ratios: Experimental Evidence from Kenyan Primary Schools”
This article has been listed as required reading for practice in evaluating randomized evaluations for Program Evaluation, a spring elective at the CDE.
Read MoreCourse Text: “The Effects of “Girl-Friendly” Schools: Evidence from the BRIGHT School Construction Program in Burkina Faso”
This article has been assigned as required reading in the spring CDE elective, Program Evaluation.
Read MoreCourse Reading: Sustainable Development Goal Report: 2018
This report has been assigned as required reading in the CDE spring elective Program Evaluation.
Read MoreFull Article: “Incentives Work: Getting Teachers to Come to School”
Esther Duflo, Hanna Rema and Ryan Stephen tried to incentivize teachers to go to class by making the children take a picture with the teacher at the beginning and the end of the day, and found that the intervention had made a difference.
Read MoreFull Article: “Missing in Action: Teacher and Health Worker Absence in Developing Countries”
This article investigates absenteeism among teachers and healthcare workers in many developing countries, and finds it to be a considerable problem.
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