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THE IMPACT OF MICROFINANCE ON HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES FOR HEALTH AND EDUCATION:EVIDENCE FROM A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL IMPLEMENTED IN HYDERABAD, INDIA
(Georgetown University, 2013)
Since the late 1970s, microfinance has been popular in the developing world. This paper studies whether the effect of microfinance on household expenditures for education and health varies by business propensity (i.e., the ...
Educational Attainment and Morality: An Empirical Study
(Georgetown University, 2013)
I use ordinary least squares regression with year and region of birth fixed effects to estimate the relationship between educational attainment and morality. Morality is broken into six categories. I find statistically ...
PISA and Labor Productivity: Is PISA an accurate measure of the future economic capacity of students?
(Georgetown University, 2013)
This paper is an econometric analysis of the relationship between education and labor productivity. While economists agree that human capital is an important factor in determining productivity, it has been difficult to ...
The Short-Term Postsecondary Returns to Early Graduation: Are They just for High-Achieving Students?
(Georgetown University, 2012)
This paper explores the relationship between early graduation from high school and subsequent postsecondary enrolment choices among high school students of varying levels of achievement. Many studies have examined the ...
GOVERNANCE RETURNS TO EDUCATION: DO EXPECTED YEARS OF SCHOOLING PREDICT QUALITY OF GOVERNANCE?
(Georgetown University, 2012)
This paper examines the relationship between expected years of schooling and governance in a sample of 157 countries. Previous studies have looked at similar relationships, specifically between education and democracy, ...
Does Race Matter? Exploring the Racial Variation Between Pre-Kindergarten Participation and Academic Achievement Over Time
(Georgetown University, 2012)
Research has shown that attending a preschool program produces academic, cognitive and behavioral benefits, but that these benefits weaken over time and vary by socioeconomic status and race. Controlling for a wide range ...
Characteristics of Effective Principals: Evidence from the 1999-2000 Schools and Staffing Survey
(Georgetown University, 2012)
Research suggests that principals are second only to teachers among the most important within-school factors affecting student achievement, yet relatively little is known about which principal characteristics are associated ...
Kindergarten Readiness: Family Influences and Long-Term Effects
(Georgetown University, 2012)
Using detailed longitudinal data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K), I examine the impact of parent involvement and other family influences on kindergarten readiness and the ...
EFFECTS OF INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCES IN MALAYSIA ON POST-STUDY INCLINATIONS OF MALAYSIAN STUDENTS IN THE UNITED STATES
(Georgetown University, 2016)
Using regression and propensity score matching, the research in this paper estimates the effects of having internship experiences in Malaysia on the return inclinations of Malaysian students who are currently studying in ...
Can Public Preschool Participation Increase Secondary School Completion and University Enrollment in Uruguay? Evidence from the 2011-2014 Continuous Household Survey
(Georgetown University, 2016)
The rapid expansion of the public preschool system in Uruguay has led to increased preschool participation rates throughout the country since 1995. While research in the United States suggests that there is a significant ...