Adrienne Lucas

Development/Education/Health Economist | Prof and Dept Chair, UDelaware | Research Associate, NBER | Faculty Affiliate, J-PAL | Non-Resident Fellow, CGD | she

[Adrienne Lucas @ProfALucas]

"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

[NBER @nberpubs]

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

[Adrienne Lucas @ProfALucas]

Friends of @UDelaware @UDLernerCollege Economics Department, please consider donating to support UD economics students as part of #IHeartUDDay https://t.co/GcZp2XTNsp
Our current and future students appreciate it!

[Jessica Leight @leightjessica]

@IFPRI @tcdeconomics @SpearsBusiness @claradelav @dariojsalcedo @raissafabregas @M_Angeluc @nd_econ @chyawanprash @Chinmayak @MYedomiffi @andydebarros @EmilPalikot @ShanjuktaN @Susan_Athey @AyushKanodia Beg shows in work joint w/@AnneFitz13 and @ProfALucas that in-person refresher training is uniquely effective in sustaining teachers skills in Ghana

[VoxDev @vox_dev]

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

[VoxDev @vox_dev]

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

[VoxDev @vox_dev]

🆕 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

[The Economic Journal @EJ_RES]

🆕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

[NBER @nberpubs]

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

[Adrienne Lucas @ProfALucas]

Hello friends of @UDelaware @UDLernerCollege Economics Department: today is I heart UD giving day. Please consider a donation to your favorite economics department (us, of course)--https://t.co/2EpdPmR9y2

[David Evans @DaveEvansPhD]

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

[Global Education Evidence Advisory Panel (GEEAP) @GEEAP_]

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

[David Evans @DaveEvansPhD]

Two recent papers to add to the long-term impacts of cash transfers literature

Chile https://t.co/Xuc2N3uVpw

Mexico https://t.co/0J14m8qvLq

[David Evans @DaveEvansPhD]

BIG long-term impacts of education grants targeted to indigenous students in Chile. https://t.co/Xuc2N3vtf4 Evidence from @ProfALucas, McEwan, and Torres Irribarra

[NBER @nberpubs]

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

[Adrienne Lucas @ProfALucas]

On #GivingTuesday consider a donation to the @UDelaware @UDLernerCollege Economics Department: https://t.co/13rEeZEix8

&/or buy a "Delaware Economics" tshirt to support the #BlueHenEconomicsClub: https://t.co/TgXjoyWn76

[Innovations for Poverty Action @poverty_action]

Check out our dedicated Differentiated Learning webpage for all of our research on Differentiated Learning in Ghana: https://t.co/MjwIdotk5v

@sabrinbeg @duflo_annie @AnneFitz13 #JessicaKiesel @ProfALucas

[Stephanie Bonds @stephbonds]

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!

[Dr Anne Fitzpatrick @AnneFitz13]

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 )

[Christina Brown @christinalbrown]

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.

[Manaswini Rao @manaswini_rao]

Attention 📢 JMCs : exciting opportunity with an amazing set of mentors!