Working papers Improving learning in primary schools of developing countries: A meta-analysis of randomized experiments [supplemental figures and data]. Do weak conditions reduce service use? Evidence from a Honduran cash transfer experiment (with Fiorella Benedetti and Pablo Ibarrarán). Forthcoming Improving early-grade literacy in East Africa: Experimental evidence from Kenya and Uganda (with Adrienne Lucas, Moses Ngware, and Moses Oketch). Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. doi Improving middle school quality in poor countries: Evidence from the Honduran Sistema de Aprendizaje Tutorial (with Erin Murphy-Graham, David Torres Irribarra, Claudia Aguilar, and Renán Rápalo). Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. doi Quantitative research methods in education finance and policy. Handbook of Research in Education Finance and Policy (2nd ed.). 2014 The effects of an anti-grade-inflation policy at Wellesley College (with Kristin Butcher and Akila Weerapana). Journal of Economic Perspectives. doi 2013 The heterogeneous impact of conditional cash transfers (with Sebastian Galiani). Journal of Public Economics. doi Giving till it helps? Alumnae giving and children’s college options (with Kristin Butcher and Caitlin Kearns). Research in Higher Education. doi The impact of Chile's school feeding program on education outcomes. Economics of Education Review. doi 2012 Cost-effectiveness analysis of education and health interventions in developing countries. Journal of Development Effectiveness. doi 2011 Preschool and maternal labor outcomes: Evidence from a regression discontinuity design (with Samuel Berlinski and Sebastian Galiani). Economic Development and Cultural
Change. doi 2010 The effects of quantitative skills training on college outcomes and peers
(with Kristin Butcher and Corrine
Taylor). Economics of Education Review. doi Education reforms (with Susanna Loeb). Targeting Investments in Children: Fighting Poverty When Resources Are Limited. Empirical research methods in the economics of education. Economics of Education. Admissions lotteries in charter schools (with Robert Olsen). Taking Measure of Charter Schools. Native American mascots and alumni giving (with Clive Belfield). The Native American Mascot Controversy: A Handbook. 2008 The benefits of delayed primary school enrollment: Discontinuity estimates using exact birth dates
(with Joseph S. Shapiro). Journal of Human Resources. Can schools reduce the indigenous test score gap? Evidence from Chile. Journal of Development Studies. doi School choice, stratification, and information on school performance: Lessons from Chile (with Miguel Urquiola and Emiliana Vegas). Economía. doi Evaluating multigrade school reform in Latin America. Comparative Education. doi Quantitative research methods in education finance and policy. Handbook of Research in Education Finance and Policy. 2007 The achievement of indigenous students in Guatemalan primary schools
(with Marisol
Trowbridge). International Journal of Educational Development. Breaking ground: Analysis of the assessment system and impact of Mexico's teacher incentive program "Carrera Magisterial" (with Lucrecia Santibáñez, José Felipe Martinez, Ashlesha Datar, Claude Messan Setodji, and Ricardo Basurto-Dávila). 2006 Roommate effects on grades: Evidence from first-year housing assignments
(with Kristen A. Soderberg). Research in Higher Education. An economic approach to education policy implementation (with Susanna Loeb). New Directions in Education Policy Implementation: Confronting Complexity. 2005 The central role of noise in evaluating interventions that use test scores to rank schools
(with Kenneth Y. Chay and Miguel
Urquiola). American Economic Review. Teacher and principal incentives in Mexico (with Lucrecia Santibañez). Incentives to Improve Teaching: Lessons from Latin America. 2004 The indigenous test score gap in Bolivia and Chile.
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2004. Spanish translation. The potential impact of vouchers. Peabody Journal of Education. How effective are private schools in Latin America? (with Marie-Andrée Somers and J. Douglas Willms). Comparative Education Review. Why does academic achievement vary across countries? Evidence from Cuba and Mexico. (with Jeffrey H. Marshall). Education Economics. 2003 Peer effects on student achievement: Evidence from Chile.
Economics of Education Review. Does privatization improve education? The case of Chile’s national voucher plan (with Martin Carnoy). Choosing Choice: School Choice in International Perspective. Propuestas alternativas a la asignación estatal de recursos. Equidad y Financimiento de la Educación en América Latina. Cost-effectiveness analysis as an evaluation tool (with Henry M. Levin). International Handbook of Educational Evaluation. 2002 Public subsidies for private schooling: A comparative analysis of Argentina and Chile.
Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis. Cost-effectiveness and educational policy (with Henry M. Levin). Cost-Effectiveness and Educational Policy. Are cost-effectiveness methods used correctly? Cost-Effectiveness and Educational Policy. 2001 The effectiveness of public, Catholic, and non-religious private schools in Chile’s voucher system.
Education Economics. Privatization through vouchers in developing countries: The cases of Chile and Colombia (with Martin Carnoy). Privatizing Education. The politics of rural school reform: Escuela Nueva in Colombia (with Luis Benveniste). Journal of Education Policy. 2000 The potential impact of large-scale voucher programs.
Review of Educational Research. The effectiveness and efficiency of private schools in Chile’s voucher system (with Martin Carnoy). Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. Constraints to implementing educational innovations: The case of multigrade schools (with Luis A. Benveniste). International Review of Education. The impact of family and community resources on student outcomes: An assessment of the international literature with implications for New Zealand (with Thomas Nechyba and Dina Older-Aguilar). 1999 Private costs and the rate of return to
primary education.
Applied Economics Letters. Recruitment of rural teachers in developing countries: An economic analysis. Teaching and Teacher Education. 1998 The effectiveness of multigrade schools in Colombia.
International Journal of Educational Development. Spanish translation
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