"Experimental Evidence on Four Policies to Increase Learning at Scale" with @duflo_annie & #JessicaKiessel now out in the latest @oupeconomics #TheEconomicJournal.
Plus, it's #OpenAccess--you can read it from anywhere, right now!
https://t.co/zsXlgeF14A
Chile's 1960s school construction boosted education and earnings, closed gender gaps, and increased second generation schooling, generating a marginal value of public funds return of 13, from @ProfALucas and Patrick McEwan https://t.co/0APsOX0bHe
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Can cash transfers improve well-being across generations?
Last month on VoxDev, @ProfALucas (@UDLernerCollege), Patrick McEwan (@wellesley_econ) & David Torres Irribarra (@ucatolica_eng) outlined research on Chile: https://t.co/9hUJRpGrSY
Can cash transfers improve well-being across generations?
Last week on VoxDev, @ProfALucas (@UDLernerCollege), Patrick McEwan (@wellesley_econ) & David Torres Irribarra (@ucatolica_eng) outlined research on Chile: https://t.co/9hUJRpGrSY
🆕 Can cash transfers improve well-being across generations?
Today on VoxDev, @ProfALucas (@UDLernerCollege), Patrick McEwan (@wellesley_econ) & David Torres Irribarra (@ucatolica_eng) outline research on Chile: https://t.co/9hUJRpGrSY
🆕Hot off the press!
The January 2026 issue featuring Editor’s Choice ‘When Information is Not Enough: Evidence from a Centralised School Choice System’ by Kehinde F Ajayi, @willafriedman, @ProfALucas@RoyalEconSoc@OxfordJournals#econtwitter
👉https://t.co/MaBEXAUYV8
Educational conditional cash transfers to indigenous students increased education, adult earnings, and human capital of the subsequent generation, from @ProfALucas, Patrick J. McEwan, and David Torres Irribarra https://t.co/qah6VGbl7f
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A remedial education program in India worked well when teachers were given strict implementation guidelines. It worked just as well when teachers had discretion to adapt. https://t.co/ogr1iz1wF7 from @SabrinBeg et al
Reflecting on @ProfALucas's insightful keynote at #UtafitiElimuTZ! We’re thrilled that our @GEEAP_ Smart Buys Report helped illustrate the importance and potential of cost-effective interventions to achieve learning outcomes.
Check out the report here➡️ https://t.co/bvSu636vSX
BIG long-term impacts of education grants targeted to indigenous students in Chile. https://t.co/Xuc2N3vtf4 Evidence from @ProfALucas, McEwan, and Torres Irribarra
Remedial lessons in the secondary school day increased student learning and did not crowd out grade-level mastery. When given discretion, teachers did not shirk, from @sabrinbeg, @annefitz13, @jt_kerwin, @ProfALucas, and @kwrahman https://t.co/CQcJsETEP5
Amazing week in Ghana presenting at the Ministry of Education’s National Education Week (w/@kanandubal) on the importance of in-person refresher trainings for the implementation of Differentiated Learning - joint work with @ProfALucas, @AnneFitz13, @sabrinbeg, & @poverty_action!
Differentiated learning holds so much promise for improving learning around the world.
See link below for research on this method
(me, with @ProfALucas@sabrinbeg and follow up work with @stephbonds )
We're hiring a post-doc to be based at NBER for a large-scale RCT in schools in Andhra Pradesh. Great opportunity for someone in applied micro/dev. The start date is somewhat flexible, but the earlier, the better.