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ABC, 123: Can you text me now? The Impact of a Mobile Phone Literacy Program on Educational Outcomes
Ksoll, Christopher; Aker, Jenny C.; Lybbert, Travis J. - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2010
We report the short-term results from a randomized evaluation of a mobile phone literacy and numeracy program (Project ABC) in Niger, in which adult literacy students learned how to use mobile phones as part of a literacy and numeracy class.  Students in ABC villages showed substantial gains in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011004442
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Transportation Technology and Economic Change: The Impact of Colonial Railroads on City Growth in Africa
Jedwab, Remi; Moradi, Alexander - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2013
What is the impact of modern transportation technology on long-run economic change in poor countries with high trade costs?  Rail construction in colonial Sub-Saharan Africa provides a natural experiment: 90% of African rail-road lines were built before independence, in a context where...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011159004
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Mobile Phone Coverage and Producer Markets: Evidence from West Africa
Fafchamps, Marcel; Aker, Jenny C. - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2013
Expansion in mobile phone coverage has improved access to information throughout the developing world, particularly within sub-Saharan Africa.  The existing evidence suggests that information technology has improved market efficiency and reduced consumer prices for certain commodities.  There...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011159024
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The Standard of Living in Latin America During the Twentieth Century
Bergés, Ame; Fitzgerald, Valpy - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2004
Assessing the economic development of Latin America during the twentieth century requires reliable estimates of living standards as measured by per capita income, life expectancy, and literacy. New comparable series for Latin America suggest that these three indicators made the greatest strides...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011152490
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Orphanhood and the long-run impact on children
Dercon, Stefan; Beegle, Kathleen - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2007
This paper presents unique evidence that orphanhood matters in the long-run for health and education outcomes, in a …, allowing us to assess permanent health and education impacts of orphanhood. In the analysis, we can control for a wide range of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010820295
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Education and the Poverty Trap in Rural China
Knight, John; Shi, Li; Quheng, Deng - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2008
This is an attempt to view the relationships involving education and income as forming a system, and one that can … education varies greatly.  There are three main strands to the paper.  One examines the determinants of enrolment, and finds … that poverty has an adverse effect on both the quality and quantity of education - so contributing to a poverty trap.  The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011004217
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A Multidimensional Analysis of Adaptation in a Developing Country Context
Barr, Abigail; Clark, David - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2007
aspired to education.  However, with respect to health, we find that people aspire to more rather than less health when …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011004220
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Dictator games in the lab and in nature: External validity tested and investigated in Ugandan primary schools
Barr, Aibgail; Zeitlin, Andrew - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2010
This paper tests the external validity of a simple Dictator Game as a laboratory analogue for a naturally occurring policy-relevant decision-making context.  In Uganda, where teacher absenteeism is a problem, primary school teachers' allocations to parents in a Dictator Game are positively but...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011004328
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Conflict of interest as a barrier to local accountability
Barr, Abigail; Zeitlin, Andrew - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2011
Using a specially designed lab-type experiment conducted in the field, we compare the willingness of head teachers, centrally appointed public servants, and community representatives to hold Ugandan primary school teachers to account.  We find no difference in the willingness of centrally...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011004348
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Returns to Education in Sri Lanka: A Pseudo Panel Approach
Himaz, Rozana; Aturupane, Harsha - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2012
This study employs the pseudo-panel approach to estimate returns to education among income earners in Sri Lanka …-2008 for workers born during 1953-1974.  The results show that for males, one extra year of education increases monthly … per cent on average.  It also suggests that males with higher ability seem to be acquiring more years of education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133048