This paper evaluates the link between educational policies and i) student performance and
ii) macroeconomic measures of productivity. The analysis has two stages. First, using the …

Worldwide, affirmative action policies are implemented as a means to promote social equity.
India's Right to Education Act (RTE), one of the largest affirmative action policies in the …

We use an admissions lottery to estimate the effect of a non-means tested preschool
program on students' long-run earnings, employment, family income, household formation …

In this dissertation, I contribute to the understanding of topics in the field of the economics of
education and development economics in the context of India. The first two chapters focus …

We use an admissions lottery to estimate the effect of a universal (non-means tested)
preschool program on students' long-run earnings, income, marital status, fertility and …