Browsing HKS Faculty Scholarship by Author "Das, Jishnu"
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Crowding in Private Quality: The Equilibrium Effects of Public Spending in Education
Andrabi, Tahir; Bau, Natalie; Das, Jishnu; Karachiwalla, Naureen; Khwaja, Asim (Harvard Kennedy School, 2023-01)We estimate the equilibrium effects of a public school grant program administered through school councils in Pakistani villages with multiple public and private schools and clearly defined catchment boundaries. The program ... -
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow? Examining the Extent and Implications of Low Persistence in Child Learning
Andrabi, Tahir; Das, Jishnu; Khwaja, Asim Ijaz; Zajonc, Tristan (2009)Learning persistence plays a central role in models of skill formation, estimates of education production functions, and evaluations of educational programs. In non-experimental settings, estimated impacts of educational ... -
Heterogeneity in School Value-Added and the Private Premium
Andrabi, Tahir; Bau, Natalie; Das, Jishnu; Khwaja, Asim (Harvard Kennedy School, 2022-11)Using rich panel data from Pakistan, we compute test score based measures of quality (School Value-Addeds or SVAs) for more than 800 schools across 112 villages and verify that they are valid and unbiased. With the SVA ...