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Estimates of the impact of crime risk on property values from Megan's Laws

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L Linden… - The American Economic Review, 2008 - JSTOR
Crime is predominantly a local issue. The majority of both violent and nonviolent offenses
takes place less than one mile from victims' homes, and most government expenditures on
police protection are local (Bureauof Justice Statistics 2004; Census of Governments 2003 ...
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[PDF] Remedying Education: Evidence from two randomized experiments in India

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A Banerjee, S Cole, E Duflo… - … , MA. Available on line at http: …, 2004 - cep.lse.ac.uk
Abstract This paper presents the results of two overlapping two-year randomized
evaluations conducted in Mumbai and Vadodara, India, designed to evaluate ways to
improve the quality of education in urban slums. A remedial education program hires ...
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Conditional Cash Transfers in Education Design Features, Peer and Sibling Effects Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Colombia

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F Barrera-Osorio, M Bertrand, LL Linden… - 2008 - nber.org
... for their helpful question and comments. All errors are of course (and unfortunately)
our responsibility. Please send correspondence to Leigh Linden at leigh.linden@
columbia.edu. The opinions expressed in this document reflect ...
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[PDF] Are incumbents really advantaged? The preference for non-incumbents in Indian national elections

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LL Linden - Unpublished paper, 2004 - webspace.utexas.edu
Page 1. Are Incumbents Really Advantaged? The Preference for Non-Incumbents
in Indian National Elections* Leigh L. Linden† January 8, 2004 (Job Market Paper)
Abstract: Using a non-parametric regression discontinuity ...
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The use and misuse of computers in education: evidence from a randomized experiment in Colombia

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F Barrera-Osorio… - Policy Research Working Paper …, 2009 - papers.ssrn.com
... the evaluation. The opinions expressed in this document do not necessarily represent
the views of the World Bank. Barrera-Osorio: fbarrera@worldbank.org; Linden:
leigh.linden@columbia.edu. Page 4. I. Introduction The use ...
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There goes the neighborhood? Estimates of the impact of crime risk on property values from Megan's Laws

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LL Linden… - 2006 - nber.org
Page 1. NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD? ESTIMATES
OF THE IMPACT OF CRIME RISK ON PROPERTY VALUES FROM MEGAN'S LAWS Leigh L.
Linden Jonah E. Rockoff Working Paper 12253 http://www.nber.org/papers/w12253 ...
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[PDF] Computer-assisted learning: Evidence from a randomized experiment

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L Linden, A Banerjee… - Poverty Action Lab Paper, 2003 - pratham.org
Abstract This note presents the results obtained after the first year of a two-year randomized
evaluation of a computer assisted learning (CAL) program in Vadodara, India. The CAL
program, implemented by a NGO, took advantage of the donation of four computers to ...
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[CITATION] The effects of user fee reductions on enrollment: evidence from a quasi-experiment

F Barrera-Osorio, LL Linden… - Washington, DC: World Bank, 2007
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[CITATION] How to teach English in India: Testing the relative productivity of instruction methods within the Pratham English language education program

F He, L Linden… - Columbia University unpublished paper, 2008
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[BOOK] Complement Or Substitute?: The Effect of Technology on Student Achievement in India

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LL Linden, InfoDev (Program) - 2008 - povertyactionlab.org
... I am indebted to Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee for helpful suggestions and comments. The
intervention and evaluation were funded by InfoDev. All errors are, of course, my own, and any
correspondence can be sent to me at leigh.linden@columbia.edu. Page 2. - 1 - ...
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Improving the Design of Conditional Transfer Programs: Evidence from a Randomized Education Experiment in Colombia

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F Barrera-Osorio, M Bertrand… - American Economic …, 2011 - ingentaconnect.com
... Booth School of Business, 5807 Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637 (e-mail:
marianne.bertrand@chicagobooth.edu); Linden: Department of Economics, Columbia University,
420 West 118th Street, Mail Code 3308, New York, NY 10027 (e-mail: leigh.linden@columbia. ...
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[CITATION] Teaching What Teachers Don't Know: An Assessment of the Pratham English Language Program

F He, L Linden… - Columbia University Department of Economics Mimeo, 2007
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Measuring discrimination in education

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R Hanna… - 2009 - nber.org
In this paper, we illustrate a methodology to measure discrimination in educational contexts.
In India, we ran an exam competition through which children compete for a large financial
prize. We recruited teachers to grade the exams. We then randomly assigned child" ...
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Benefits and costs of adopting usage-based pricing in a subnetwork

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A Gupta, LL Linden, DO Stahl… - Information Technology …, 2001 - Springer
Page 1. Information Technology and Management 2, 175–191, 2001 © 2001 Kluwer Academic
Publishers. Manufactured in The Netherlands. Benefits and Costs of Adopting Usage-Based
Pricing in a Subnetwork ∗ ALOK GUPTA Alok@sba.uconn.edu ...
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[PDF] Improving the Quality of Education in India: Evidence from Three Randomized Experiments

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A Banerjee, S Cole, E Duflo… - Massachusetts Institute of …, 2003 - cepr.org.uk
Abstract This paper presents the results of a two-year randomized evaluation of a large
scale remedial education program, conducted in Mumbai and Vadodara, India, and the
preliminary results of a randomized evaluation of a computer assisted learning program in ...
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[PDF] The Effect of Proximity on School Enrollment: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Afghanistan

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D Burde, LL Linden - New York University, Steinhardt and …, 2009 - webmeets.com
Page 1. The Effect of Proximity on School Enrollment: Evidence from a Randomized
Controlled Trial in Afghanistan 1 May 2009 Dana Burde (NYU Steinhardt) Leigh
L. Linden (Columbia, IZA, BREAD) Abstract: We conduct a ...
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[CITATION] Identifying agent discretion: Exaggerating student attendance in response to a conditional school nutrition program

GK Shastry… - 2007 - mimeo
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[CITATION] The Effects of User Fee Reductions on Enrollment: Evidence form a Quasi-Experiment

F Barrera-Osorio, LL Linden… - Columbia University Department of …, 2007
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[PDF] Using Conditional Transfers in Education to Investigate Intra Family Decisions: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment

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F Barrera-Osorio, M Bertrand, LL Linden… - 2007 - webmeets.com
... All errors are of course (and unfortunately) our responsibility. Please send correspondence to
Leigh Linden at leigh.linden@columbia.edu. Page 2. - 2 - Introduction Education plays an
important role in the development process. At both the macro (for example, ...
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[CITATION] Are incumbents really advantaged? Exploring the preference for nonincumbents in India

L Linden - 2004 - Mimeo, MIT
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[CITATION] Are incumbents always advantaged? the preference for non-incumbents in India

L Linden - manuscript, Columbia University, 2003
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[PDF] Helping Teach What Teachers Don't Know: An Assessment of the Pratham English Language Program

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F He, L Linden… - 2007 - cid.harvard.edu
Abstract: Students often need to develop skills that their teachers lack, and the
recommended curricula in many developing countries call for teachers to educate their
pupils in subjects in which they have little expertise, requiring teachers to rely on poorly ...
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[CITATION] The Effect of Proximate Schools: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Afghanistan

D Burde, LL Linden - New York: Department of Economics, Columbia …, 2009
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Grain Inflation: Identifying Agent Discretion in Response to a Conditional School Nutrition Program

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LL Linden… - Journal of Development Economics, 2011 - Elsevier
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[CITATION] Forthcoming. Using Conditional Cash Transfers in Education to Investigate Intra Family Decisions: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment

F Barrera-Osorio, M Bertrand, L Linden… - World Bank and Ministry of Education, …
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[CITATION] Identifying agent discretion: Exaggerating student atten% dance in response to a conditional school nutrition program

L Linden… - Journal of Development Economics, 2008
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[CITATION] The Effect of Girl-Friendly School Construction: Evaluation of the BRIGHT School Program in Burkina Faso

H Kazianga, D Levy, L Linden… - 2010 - Columbia University Working Paper
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[PDF] The Use and Misuse of Computers in Education: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Language Arts Program

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F Barrera-Osorio… - Descargado en marzo, 2009 - webspace.utexas.edu
... the evaluation. The opinions expressed in this document do not necessarily represent
the views of the World Bank. Barrera-Osorio: fbarrera@worldbank.org; Linden:
leigh.linden@columbia.edu. Page 2. - 1 - I. Introduction The ...
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[CITATION] †œThe Effect of Proximate Schools: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Afghanistan. â€

D Burde, LL Linden - 2009
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[CITATION] Using Conditional Transfer to Investigate Intra Family Decisions: Evidence form a Randomized Experiment

F Barrera-Osorio, M Bertrand, LL Linden… - Columbia University Department …, 2007
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[PDF] The Effect of Village-Based Schools: Evidence from a RCT in Afghanistan

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D Burde, LL Linden - The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, 2010 - 3ieimpact.org
Page 1. The Effect of Village-Based Schools: Evidence from a RCT in Afghanistan
1 March 2010 Dana Burde (NYU Steinhardt) Leigh L. Linden (Columbia, IZA, BREAD)
Abstract: We conduct a randomized evaluation of community ...
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[CITATION] Remedying Education: Evidence from Two Randomized Experiments in India. Poverty Action Lab Paper No. 5

A Banerjee, S Cole, E Duflo… - 2004 - Cambridge, MA: MIT
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[CITATION] VCould Have Been a Contender? The Effects of Limiting the Number of Candidates in Indian State Parliamentary Elections

L Linden - 2005 - V mimeo Columbia University
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[PDF] School Libraries and Language Skills in Indian Primary Schools: A Randomized Evaluation of the Akshara Library Program

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E Borkum, F He… - 2009 - webspace.utexas.edu
Abstract: We conduct a randomized evaluation of the impact of a primary school library
program on children's language skills in a large Indian city. The program was implemented
via a hub and spoke system, with physical libraries located in hub schools and spoke ...
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Improving Reading Skills by Encouraging Children to Read: A Randomized Evaluation of the Sa Aklat Sisikat Reading Program in the Philippines

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AB Abeberese, TJ Kumler… - 2011 - nber.org
... Please direct all correspondence to leigh.linden@austin.utexas.edu. ... Leigh L. Linden Department
of Economics The Univesrity of Texas at Austin 1 University Station BRB 1.116, C3100 Austin,
Texas 78712 and NBER leigh.linden@austin.utexas.edu Page 3. - 1 - I. Introduction ...
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[PDF] Achieving Academic Success After School: A Randomized Evaluation of the Higher Achievement Program

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LL Linden, C Herrera… - 2011 - wallacefoundation.org
... The William T. Grant Foundation, The Atlantic Philanthropies, and The Wallace Foundation all
provided the financial support necessary to complete this study. Please direct all correspondence
regarding the manuscript to Leigh L. Linden at leigh.linden@austin.utexas.edu. ...
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[PDF] Grain Inflation: Identifying Agent Discretion in Response to a Conditional School Nutrition Program

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GK Shastry… - Unpublished mimeo, 2009 - wellesley.edu
Page 1. Grain Inflation: Identifying Agent Discretion in Response to a Conditional School
Nutrition Program 1 December 2009 Gauri Kartini Shastry (Wellesley College) Leigh
L. Linden (Columbia University) Abstract: Many incentive ...
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[PDF] A Better Way to Teach Children to Read? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial

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F He, LL Linden… - 2009 - webspace.utexas.edu
... The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect
those of the US Department of State or the US Government. 2 Corresponding author. Please
direct all correspondence to leigh.linden@columbia.edu. Page 2. ...
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[PDF] The Effect of Village-Based Schools: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Afghanistan

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D Burde, LL Linden - Steinhardt New York University Working …, 2010 - aysps.gsu.edu
Page 1. The Effect of Village-Based Schools: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled
Trial in Afghanistan 1 November 2010 Dana Burde (NYU Steinhardt) Leigh L. Linden
(Columbia, BREAD, IZA, IPA, J-PAL, NBER) Abstract ...
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[PDF] Testing Alternative Approaches to Conditional Cash Transfer Programs in Education: Evidence from Colombia

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F Barrera-Osorio, M Bertrand, LL Linden… - Washington, DC, United …, 2007 - nber.org
... All errors are of course (and unfortunately) our responsibility. Please send correspondence to
Leigh Linden at leigh.linden@columbia.edu. ED 7/25/07 4:00 pm Page 2. Abstract: We evaluate
multiple variants of a commonly used intervention to boost education in ...
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[PDF] The Effect of Proximity on School Enrollment: Evidence from a RCT in Afghanistan

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D Burde, LL Linden - 2009 - econ.yale.edu
Page 1. The Effect of Proximity on School Enrollment: Evidence from a RCT in
Afghanistan 1 Preliminary Please Do Not Circulate March 2009 Dana Burde (NYU
Steinhardt) Leigh L. Linden (Columbia, IZA) Abstract: We conduct ...
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[PDF] Discrimination in grading

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R Hanna… - 2011 - povertyactionlab.org
Abstract: In this paper, we report the results of an experiment that was designed to test for
the presence of discrimination in grading and to explore the mechanism through which such
discrimination might operate. In India, we ran an exam competition in which children ...
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[CITATION] Remedying Education: Evidence from Two Randomized Experiments in India, Poverty Action Lab Paper Nr. 4, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

A Banerjee, S Cole, E Duflo… - 2003
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[CITATION] TESTING ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS IN EDUCATION: EVIDENCE FROM COLOMBIA

F Barrera, M Bertrand, LL Linden…
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[PDF] CHALLENGING UNDER-SERVED CHILDREN TO ACHIEVE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

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L Linden, C Herrera… - 2007 - webspace.utexas.edu
Substantial research documents that quality educational experience impacts children's test
scores, graduation rates, and subsequent earnings, particularly for disadvantaged and
minority children (Summers and Wolfe, 1977; Card and Krueger, 1992; Krueger, 1999;
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[PDF] The Effects of User Fee Reductions on Enrollment Evidence from a quasi-experiment

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LL Linden, M Urquiola - 2007 - columbia.edu
... Margarita Vega. Camilo Domínguez provided outstanding research assistance.
Barrera-Osorio: fbarrera@worldbank.org; Linden: leigh.linden@columbia.edu;
Urquiola: msu2101@columbia.edu Page 2. 2 1. Introduction There ...
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[PDF] REMEDYING EDUCATION: EVIDENCE FROM TWO RANDOMIZED EXPERIMENTS IN INDIA* ABHIJIT V. BANERJEE SHAWN COLE

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E DUFLO… - Technology, 2007 - webspace.utexas.edu
This paper presents the results of two randomized experiments conducted in schools in
urban India. A remedial education program hired young women to teach students lagging
behind in basic literacy and numeracy skills. It increased average test scores of all ...
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[PDF] Bridge Classes and Peer Networks among Out&of&school Children in India

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J Berry… - 2009 - arts.cornell.edu
Abstract We estimate the effects of peer networks on the enrollment and attendance patterns
of chil& dren in a community&based education program in India. The program is open to all
out&of&school children, and we randomly assign a subset of the eligible children to be ...
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Essays in Development Economics: Incumbency Disadvantage, Political Competition, and Remedial Education in India

LL Linden - 2004 - en.scientificcommons.org
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[PDF] Expanding Educational Opportunities in Remote Parts of the World: Evidence from a RCT of a Public Private Partnership in Pakistan

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F Barrera-Osorio, DS Blakeslee, M Hoover… - Third Institute for the …, 2011 - iza.org
Page 1. 1 Expanding Educational Opportunities in Remote Parts of the World: Evidence from
a RCT of a Public-Private Partnership in Pakistan1 Felipe Barrera-Osorio (The World Bank)
David S. Blakeslee (Columbia University) Matthew Hoover (RAND) ...
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[PDF] Bridge Classes and Peer Networks among Out-of-school Children in India

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L Linden - Essays on Household Decision Making in Developing …, 2009 - dspace.mit.edu
Abstract We estimate the effects of peer networks on the enrollment and attendance patterns
of children in a community-based education program in India. The program is open to all out-
ofschool children, and we randomly assign a subset of the eligible children to be actively ...
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DP5446 Remedying Education: Evidence from Two Randomized Experiments in India

A Banerjee, S Cole, E Duflo… - 2006 - cepr.org
Many efforts to improve school quality by adding school resources have proven to be
ineffective. This paper presents the results of two experiments conducted in Mumbai and
Vadodara, India, designed to evaluate ways to improve the quality of education in urban ...
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[PDF] Case 2: Remedial Education in India

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E Duflo… - 2009 - ocw.polytechnic.edu.na
In 2000 the NGO Pratham was expanding its Balsakhi Program, a remedial education
initiative, to 123 municipal primary schools in the city of Vadodara in western India. The
program had been running in Mumbai since 1994, and Pratham wanted to take advantage ...
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[PDF] How to Teach English in India: Testing the Relative Productivity of Instruction Methods within the Pratham English Language Education Program

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LL Linden… - povertyactionlab.org
... International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, 420 West 118th Street, Mail Code 3323,
New York, NY 10027, leigh.linden@columbia.edu. MacLeod: School of International and Public
Affairs, Columbia University and Department of State, United States Government. ...
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[CITATION] Evaluating a Preschool Program in Mumbai, India

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[PDF] Conditional Transfers in Education: Design Features, Peer and Sibling Effects Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Colombia

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F Barrera-Osorio, M Bertrand, LL Linden… - economics.rutgers.edu
... All errors are of course (and unfortunately) our responsibility. Please send correspondence to
Leigh Linden at leigh.linden@columbia.edu. Page 2. - 2 - I. Introduction Education plays an
important role in the development process. At both the macro (for example, ...
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The Use and Misuse of Computers in Education: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Colombia. Impact Evaluation Series No. 29. Policy Research Working …

F Barrera-Osorio… - Human Development Network Education, 2009 - eric.ed.gov
ED509325 - The Use and Misuse of Computers in Education: Evidence from a Randomized
Experiment in Colombia. Impact Evaluation Series No. 29. Policy Research Working Paper 4836.
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Remedying Education: Evidence from Two Randomised Experiments in India

E Duflo, A Banerjee, S Cole… - Working Papers, 2006 - ideas.repec.org
This paper presents the results of two experiments conducted in Mumbai and Vadodara,
India, designed to evaluate ways to improve the quality of education in urban slums. A
remedial education programme hired young women from the community to teach basic ...
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[PDF] How Do People Respond to the Fear of Crime? Evidence from Megan's Laws and the Housing Market

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L Linden… - 2005 - emlab.berkeley.edu
Crime is predominantly a local issue. The majority of both violent and nonviolent offenses
take place less than one mile from victims' homes, and most government expenditures on
police protection are local (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2004, and Census of Governments ...
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Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)

R Chattopadhyay, E Duflo, A Banerjee, A Deaton… - dspace.mit.edu
The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) serves as a focal point for development
and poverty research based on randomized trials. The objective is to improve the
effectiveness of poverty programs by providing policy makers with clear scientific results ...
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Essays in development economics: incumbency disadvantage, political competition, and remedial education in India

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E Duflo, LL Linden - 2004 - dspace.mit.edu
Page 1. Essays in Development Economics: Incumbency Disadvantage, Political
Competition, and Remedial Education in India by Leigh L. Linden BS Mathematics
BA Economics The University of Texas at Austin, 1997 SUBMITTED ...
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Impact Evaluation of Burkina Faso

D Levy, M Sloan, L Linden… - Mathematica Policy Research, …, 2009 - eric.ed.gov
Abstract: The BRIGHT program was designed to improve the educational outcomes of
children in Burkina Faso. It focused on girls in particular and was implemented in 132 rural
villages throughout the 10 provinces of the country in which girls' enrollment rates were ...
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