Category Archives: Development Economics

Conference on Intergenerational Mobility

Posted on October 9, 2009 by andrewleigh

On Monday 30 November, I’m running a conference at ANU on ‘The Economics of Intergenerational Mobility’. This is an area I’ve been interested in since 2007, when I wrote what I’m pretty sure was the first paper estimating the intergenerational … Continue reading →

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They make good coffee-warmers

Posted on May 7, 2009 by andrewleigh

A neat new randomised trial from Colombia finds that a major computer distribution program had essentially zero impact on test scores. The Use and Misuse of Computers in Education: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Colombia Felipe Barrera-Osorio & Leigh … Continue reading →

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