This paper reviews and interprets the evidence from 223 rigorous impact evaluations of
educational initiatives conducted in 56 low-and middle-income countries. We consider for …

We study the educational choices of children of immigrants in a tracked school system. We
first show that immigrants in Italy enroll disproportionately into vocational high schools, as …

We exploit data on the future earnings students at high school completion expect to receive
with and without a college education, together with information on learning achievement and …

This paper investigates the effects of a remedial education program—the Roma Teaching
Assistant Program—targeting the socially excluded Roma minority in Serbia. By using first …

The Roma have faced poverty, discrimination and persecution since emigrating from India
centuries ago. Persistent disparities between Roma and non-Roma throughout Europe have …

A poor-performing student can achieve better results by following the footprints of an older
friend. In this paper, we study a remedial education program that takes advantage of this …

It is widely known that the Roma have been suffering persistent disadvantages. Yet, little
empirical evidence exists. Using the censuses of 1977, 1992, 2002, and 2011, I provide a …

This study aimed at investigating the impact of Remedial Classes on the performance of the
fourth grade low achievers in English in public schools in Ramallah District. It also examined …

We study the link between residential segregation and fertility for the socially excluded and
marginalized Roma ethnic minority. Using original survey data we collected in Serbia, we …

This paper aims to examine whether the degree of residential segregation affects formal and
informal employment of the Roma ethnic minority in Serbia. I exploit the within district …