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作者：Asher, Sam; Novosad, Paul
作者单位：The World Bank; Dartmouth College
摘要：Political favoritism affects the allocation of government resources, but is it consequential for growth? Using a close election regression discontinuity design and data from India, we measure the local economic impact of being represented by a politician in the ruling party. Favoritism leads to higher private sector employment, higher share prices (Onus, and increased output as measured by night lights; the three effects are similar and economically substantive. Finally, we present evidence th...
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作者：Angrist, Joshua D.; Battistin, Erich; Vuri, Daniela
作者单位：Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); National Bureau of Economic Research; University of London; Queen Mary University London; Centre for Economic Policy Research - UK; University of Rome Tor Vergata
摘要：Instrumental variables (IV) estimates show strong class-size effects in Southern Italy. But Italy's Mezzogiorno is distinguished by manipulation of standardized test scores as well as by economic disadvantage. IV estimates suggest small classes increase manipulation. We argue that score manipulation is a consequence of teacher shirking. IV estimates of a causal model for achievement as a function of class size and score manipulation show that class-size effects on measured achievement are driv...
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作者：Nyqvist, Martina Bjorkman; de Walque, Damien; Svensson, Jakob
作者单位：Stockholm School of Economics; Centre for Economic Policy Research - UK; The World Bank; Stockholm University
摘要：We evaluate the longer run impact of a local accountability intervention in primary health care provision in Uganda. Short-run improvements in health care delivery and health outcomes remained in the longer run despite minimal follow-up. We find no impact on the quality of care or health. outcomes of a lower cost intervention that focused on encouraging participation but did not provide information on staff performance. We provide suggestive evidence that informed beneficiaries are more likely...
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作者：Do, Quoc-Anh; Nguyen, Kieu-Trang; Tran, Anh N.
作者单位：Institut d'Etudes Politiques Paris (Sciences Po); University of London; London School Economics & Political Science; University of London; London School Economics & Political Science; Indiana University System; Indiana University Bloomington
摘要：We study patronage politics in authoritarian Vietnam, using an exhaustive panel of ranking officials from 2000 to 2010 to estimate their promotions' impact on infrastructure in their hometowns of patrilineal ancestry. Native officials' promotions lead to a broad range of hometown infrastructure improvement. Hometown favoritism is pervasive across all ranks, even among officials without budget authority, except among elected legislators. Favors are narrowly targeted toward small communes that h...
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作者：Bhavnani, Rikhil R.
作者单位：University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison
摘要：Do electoral quotas for ethnic groups continue to improve their chances of winning elections after quotas are withdrawn? This is an important question since ethnic group quotas are common, and are often intended to be temporary. Using natural experiments, I find that electoral quotas for India's scheduled castes (SCs) fail to boost SCs' chances of winning office after they are discontinued. These results contrast with the significant positive effects of past women's quotas found in similar con...
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作者：Cristia, Julian; Ibarraran, Pablo; Cueto, Santiago; Santiago, Ana; Severin, Eugenio
作者单位：Inter-American Development Bank; Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru
摘要：This paper presents results from a large-scale randomized evaluation of the One Laptop per Child program, using data collected after 15 months of implementation in 318 primary schools in rural Peru. The program increased the ratio of computers per student from 0.12 to 1.18 in treatment schools. This expansion in access translated into substantial increases in use of computers both at school and at home. No evidence is found of effects on test scores in math and language. There is some evidence...
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作者：Lyons, Elizabeth
作者单位：University of California System; University of California San Diego
摘要：Coworkers are increasingly diverse in their nationality and skill sets. This paper studies the effect of diversity on how workers are organized using data from a field experiment conducted in an environment where diversity is pervasive. Findings show that team organization improves outcomes when workers are from the same country. The opposite is true when workers are nationally diverse. These results are more pronounced for teams of workers with specialized skills. Further investigation of the...
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作者：Carrell, Scott; Sacerdote, Bruce
作者单位：University of California System; University of California Davis; National Bureau of Economic Research; Dartmouth College
摘要：We present evidence from a series of field experiments in college coaching/mentoring. We find large impacts on college attendance and persistence, but only in the treatments where we use an intensive boots-on-the-ground approach to helping students. Our treatments that provide financial incentives or information alone do not appear to be effective. For women, assignment to our mentoring treatment yields a 15 percentage point increase in the - college-going rate while treatment on the treated e...
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作者：Haggag, Kareem; McManus, Brian; Paci, Giovanni
作者单位：University of Chicago; University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill; New York University
摘要：We study learning by doing by New York City taxi drivers, who have substantial discretion over their driving strategies and receive compensation closely tied to their success in finding customers. In addition to documenting learning overall by these entrepreneurial agents, we exploit our data's breadth. to investigate the factors that contribute to driver improvement across a variety of situations. New drivers lag further behind experienced drivers when in difficult situations. Drivers benefit...
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作者：Banerji, Rukmini; Berry, James; Shotland, Marc
作者单位：University of Delaware
摘要：Using a randomized field experiment in India, we evaluate the effectiveness of adult literacy and parental involvement interventions in improving children's learning. Households were assigned to receive either adult literacy (language and math) classes for mothers, training for mothers on how to enhance their children's learning at home, or a combination of the two programs. All three interventions had significant but modest impacts on childrens math scores. The interventions also increased mo...
