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📢 Our new VoxDevLit on the Political Economy of Public Service Delivery is out now!
In this VoxDevLit, Senior Editor @claudferraz (@ubcVSE) reviews the evidence on the political economy of delivering public services.
Read & download here: voxdev.org/voxdevlit/politic…
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A paper-and-pencil-based individualised self-learning programme in Dhaka's disadvantaged communities made children markedly faster and more accurate at math problem solving, with effects still visible years later. voxdev.org/topic/education/f…
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A field experiment in Ecuador finds that a small number of children with persistent behavioural problems lower the achievement of their classmates: voxdev.org/topic/education/h…
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Thousands die each year waiting for an organ transplant. In Tunisia, one expert-led classroom session tripled student donor registrations: voxdev.org/topic/health/how-…
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🚨 Thinking a PhD in Economics?
@ideadevecon is hosting a two-part webinar series for students and early-career researchers considering graduate study in economics and related disciplines.
Register➡️ idea.devecon.org/career-skil…
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In Pakistan, frontline bureaucrats fund public services – from food banks to flood relief – out of their own pockets, spending up to 15% of their income on an informal system financed in part by the bribes citizens are forced to pay: voxdev.org/topic/institution…
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A paper-and-pencil-based individualised self-learning programme in Dhaka's disadvantaged communities made children markedly faster and more accurate at math problem solving, with effects still visible years later.
ALT Impacts of Kumon on learning and cognition
🆕 Fighting the learning crisis with self-learning at the right level
Today on VoxDev w/ Yasuyuki Sawada (@UTokyo_News_en), @mahmudminhaj (@ADB_HQ), Mai Seki (Gakushuin University), @h_kawarazaki (@TheIFS) & Kazuma Takakura (@UofMaryland): voxdev.org/topic/education/f…
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🆕 Fighting the learning crisis with self-learning at the right level
Today on VoxDev w/ Yasuyuki Sawada (@UTokyo_News_en), @mahmudminhaj (@ADB_HQ), Mai Seki (Gakushuin University), @h_kawarazaki (@TheIFS) & Kazuma Takakura (@UofMaryland): voxdev.org/topic/education/f…
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This week we featured research on organ donation, procurement, public service delivery and more!
You can read a summary of this work here: voxdev.org/topic/week-develo…
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Our VoxDev article is now live!
🆕 Fighting the learning crisis with self-learning at the right level
Today on VoxDev w/ Yasuyuki Sawada (@UTokyo_News_en), @mahmudminhaj (@ADB_HQ), Mai Seki (Gakushuin University), @h_kawarazaki (@TheIFS) & Kazuma Takakura (@UofMaryland): voxdev.org/topic/education/f…
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How admission to a top university reshapes a family's future
Last month on VoxDev, Andrés Barrios Fernández (@GobiernoUAndes), @ChrisANeilson (@YaleEconomics) & Seth D. Zimmerman (@YaleSOM) discussed elite universities in Chile: voxdev.org/topic/education/h…
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How bureaucratic incentives drive the fight against air pollution
Last week on VoxDev, Guangyu Cao (@PKU1898), Xi Weng (@PKU_MBA), Mingwei Xu (@HKUniversity) & Li-An Zhou outlined research on China: voxdev.org/topic/public-econ…
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When banning foreign products backfires on domestic firms
Last week on VoxDev, Chirantan Chatterjee (@SussexUni), Ying Fan (@umichECON) & Debi Prasad Mohapatra (@UMassAmherst) outlined research on India: voxdev.org/topic/trade/when-…
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How corporate investors boost AI innovation through data access
Last week on VoxDev, Jian Xie (Southern University of Science and Technology) & Kang Zhou (@ZJU_China) outlined research on China: voxdev.org/topic/technology-…
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A field experiment in Ecuador finds that a small number of children with persistent behavioural problems lower the achievement of their classmates. The effects are larger for younger children, and increase with the number of poorly behaved children in the classroom.
ALT The impact on classmates' achievement increases with the number of poorly behaved children in the classroom
🆕 The hidden cost of disruptive classmates on test scores
Today on VoxDev, @carneiro_econ (@EconUCL), Yyannú Cruz-Aguayo (@the_IDB), Francesca Salvati (@Uni_of_Essex) & Norbert Schady (@WorldBankGroup) outline research on Ecuador: voxdev.org/topic/education/h…
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🆕 Using government data to study private sector growth 📢
Today on VoxDevTalks w/ @timsvengali, @JustineKneb (@sciencespo) & @nmelisabilgin (@kocuniversity) discuss what government tax records reveal about spillovers across firm networks: voxdev.org/topic/public-econ…
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🆕 The hidden cost of disruptive classmates on test scores
Today on VoxDev, @carneiro_econ (@EconUCL), Yyannú Cruz-Aguayo (@the_IDB), Francesca Salvati (@Uni_of_Essex) & Norbert Schady (@WorldBankGroup) outline research on Ecuador: voxdev.org/topic/education/h…
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The demographic wave making job creation more urgent than ever
Last month on VoxDev, Tommy Chrimes (@WorldBankGroup), Sadhna Naik (@WorldBankGroup) & Kersten Stamm (@WorldBankGroup) discussed the global jobs challenge: voxdev.org/topic/macroeconom…
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How much do cash transfers improve nutrition?
This month on VoxDev, @ingvildalm (@econ_uzh), @jhaushofer (@CornellEcon) & @AndersKjelsrud (@OsloMet) discussed research on cash transfers in Kenya: voxdev.org/topic/social-prot…
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