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IZA Discussion Paper No. 12172
Can Public Rankings Improve School Performance? Evidence from a Nationwide Reform in Tanzania
Jacobus Cilliers, Isaac M. Mbiti, Andrew Zeitlin
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11683
Testing
Annika B. Bergbauer, Eric A. Hanushek, Ludger Woessmann
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11352
Health Workers' Behavior, Patient Reporting and Reputational Concerns: Lab-in-the-Field Experimental Evidence from Kenya
Isaac M. Mbiti, Danila Serra
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11350
Do School Principals Respond to Increased Public Scrutiny? New Survey Evidence from Australia
Michael Coelli, Gigi Foster, Andrew Leigh
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10858
The Political Cost of Being Soft on Crime: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Francesco Drago, Roberto Galbiati, Francesco Sobbrio
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10396
Exposing Corruption: Can Electoral Competition Discipline Politicians?
Farzana Afridi, Amrita Dhillon, Eilon Solan
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9458
Carrot and Stick? Impact of a Low-Stakes School Accountability Program on Student Achievement
Seokjin Woo, Soohyung Lee, Kyunghee Kim
forthcoming in: Economics Letters
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9203
Performance Standards and Employee Effort: Evidence from Teacher Absences
Seth Gershenson
published in: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2016, 35(3), 615-638
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7420
School Accountability: Can We Reward Schools and Avoid Pupil Selection?
Erwin Ooghe, Erik Schokkaert
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7169
Meet the Press: How Voters and Politicians Respond to Newspaper Entry and Exit
Francesco Drago, Tommaso Nannicini, Francesco Sobbrio
published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2014, 6 (3), 159-188
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6687
Bureaucratic Delay, Local-Level Monitoring, and Delivery of Small Infrastructure Projects: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Bolivia
Monica Yanez-Pagans, Carlos Gustavo Machicado
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6524
Electoral Impacts of Uncovering Public School Quality: Evidence from Brazilian Municipalities
Sergio Firpo, Renan Pieri, André Portela Souza
forthcoming in: EconomiA. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econ.2016.07.003
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6524
Electoral Impacts of Uncovering Public School Quality: Evidence from Brazilian Municipalities
Sergio Firpo, Renan Pieri, André Portela Souza
forthcoming in: EconomiA. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econ.2016.07.003
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5527
Exit Exams and High School Dropout
Dave E. Marcotte
published in: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2013, 32 (2), 323-350
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4969
School Responsiveness to Quality Rankings: An Empirical Analysis of Secondary Education in the Netherlands
Pierre Koning, Karen van der Wiel
revised version published in: De Economist, 2012, 160 (4), 339-355
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4688
Do Migrants Improve Governance at Home? Evidence from a Voting Experiment
Catia Batista, Pedro C. Vicente
published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2011, 25 (1), 77-104
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3162
Principal Accountability at Private Secondary Schools
Sherrilyn M. Billger
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2923
Unscheduled School Closings and Student Performance
Dave E. Marcotte, Steven W. Hemelt
published in: Education Finance and Policy, 2008, 3 (3), 316-338
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2843
Electoral Accountability and Corruption in Local Governments: Evidence from Audit Reports
Claudio Ferraz, Frederico S. Finan
published in: American Economic Review, 2011, 101 (4), 1274-1311
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2662
Principals as Agents? Investigating Accountability in the Compensation and Performance of School Principals
Sherrilyn M. Billger
published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2007, 61(1), 90-107
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