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Emiliana Vegas

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Affiliation

Harvard Graduate School of Education


https://www.gse.harvard.edu/
USA, Cambridge, MA
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Research output

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Working papers

  1. Patrinos,Harry Anthony & Vegas,Emiliana & Carter-Rau,Rohan, 2022. "An Analysis of COVID-19 Student Learning Loss," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10033, The World Bank.
  2. Psacharopoulos, George & Collis, Victoria & Patrinos, Harry Anthony & Vegas, Emiliana, 2020. "Lost Wages: The COVID-19 Cost of School Closures," IZA Discussion Papers 13641, IZA Network @ LISER.
  3. Bos, María Soledad & Vegas, Emiliana, 2017. "The Consequences of Educational Voucher Reform in Chile," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 8491, Inter-American Development Bank.
  4. Vegas, Emiliana, 2015. "Cuando el gasto en la educación importa: Un análisis empírico de información internacional reciente," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 6803, Inter-American Development Bank.
  5. Bos, MS & Ganimian, A. J. & Vegas, E, 2014. "Brief #10: ¿Cómo se desempeñan los estudiantes que asistieron a pre-escolar Serie de Briefs - América Latina en PISA 2012," Working Paper 167446, Harvard University OpenScholar.
  6. Bos, MS & Ganimian, A. J. & Vegas, E, 2014. "Brief #6: ¿Cómo se desempeñan los estudiantes pobres y ricos? Serie de Briefs - América Latina en PISA 2012," Working Paper 154961, Harvard University OpenScholar.
  7. Vegas, Emiliana & Ganimian, Alejandro, 2013. "Theory and Evidence on Teacher Policies in Developed and Developing Countries," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 4597, Inter-American Development Bank.
  8. Emiliana Vegas & Alejandro Ganimian & Analia Jaimovich, 2012. "Learning from the Best : Improving Learning Through Effective Teacher Policies," World Bank Publications - Reports 10057, The World Bank Group.
  9. Emiliana Vegas & Chelsea Coffin, 2012. "Education Finance : It's How, Not Simply How Much, That Counts," World Bank Publications - Reports 10056, The World Bank Group.
  10. Emiliana Vegas & Veronica Silva, 2010. "Strengthening Early Childhood Development Policies and Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean," World Bank Publications - Reports 27819, The World Bank Group.
  11. Richard J. Murnane & Lindsay Page & Emiliana Vegas, 2010. "Distribution of Student Achievement in Chile : Baseline Analysis for the Evaluation of the Subvención Escolar Preferencial," World Bank Publications - Reports 12739, The World Bank Group.
  12. Rogers, F. Halsey & Vegas, Emiliana, 2009. "No more cutting class ? reducing teacher absence and providing incentives for performance," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4847, The World Bank.
  13. McEwan, Patrick J. & Urquiola, Miguel & Vegas, Emiliana, 2008. "School choice, stratification, and information on school performance: lessons from Chile," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 123302, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
  14. Emiliana Vegas & Ilana Umansky, 2005. "Improving Teaching and Learning through Effective Incentives : What Can We Learn from Education Reforms in Latin America?," World Bank Publications - Reports 8694, The World Bank Group.

Articles

  1. Angrist, Noam & Aurino, Elisabetta & Patrinos, Harry A. & Psacharopoulos, George & Vegas, Emiliana & Nordjo, Ralph & Wong, Brad, 2023. "Improving Learning in Low- and Lower-Middle-Income Countries," Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, Cambridge University Press, vol. 14(S1), pages 55-80, June.
  2. Patrick J. McEwan & Miguel Urquiola & Emiliana Vegas, 2008. "School Choice, Stratification and Information on School Performance: Lessons from Chile," Economía Journal, The Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association - LACEA, vol. 0(Spring 20), pages 1-42.
  3. Ilana Umansky & Emiliana Vegas, 2007. "Inside Decentralization: How Three Central American School-based Management Reforms Affect Student Learning Through Teacher Incentives," The World Bank Research Observer, World Bank, vol. 22(2), pages 197-215, August.

Books

  1. Elacqua, Gregory & Hincapie, Diana & Vegas, Emiliana & Alfonso, Mariana, 2018. "Profesión: Profesor en América Latina ¿Por qué se perdió el prestigio docente y cómo recuperarlo?," IDB Publications (Books), Inter-American Development Bank, number 8953.
  2. Vegas, Emiliana & Santibáñez, Lucrecia, 2010. "The Promise of Early Childhood Development in Latin America and the Caribbean," IDB Publications (Books), Inter-American Development Bank, number 362.
  3. Vegas, Emiliana & Petrow, Jenny, 2008. "Raising Student Learning in Latin America: The Challenge for the 21st Century," IDB Publications (Books), Inter-American Development Bank, number 355.
  4. Navarro, Juan Carlos & Mizala, Alejandra & González, Pablo & Romaguera, Pilar & Guzmán, Andrea & Lavarreda, Jorge & Díaz, Hugo & Saavedra-Chanduví, Jaime & Dauhajre, Andrés hijo & Aristy Escuder, Jaim, 2002. "¿Quiénes son los maestros?: Carreras e incentivos docentes en América Latina," IDB Publications (Books), Inter-American Development Bank, number 294.
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  1. Psacharopoulos, George & Collis, Victoria & Patrinos, Harry Anthony & Vegas, Emiliana, 2020. "Lost Wages: The COVID-19 Cost of School Closures," GLO Discussion Paper Series 548, Global Labor Organization (GLO).

    Mentioned in:

    1. > Economics of Welfare > Health Economics > Economics of Pandemics > Specific pandemics > Covid-19 > Schools

Working papers

  1. Patrinos,Harry Anthony & Vegas,Emiliana & Carter-Rau,Rohan, 2022. "An Analysis of COVID-19 Student Learning Loss," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10033, The World Bank.

    Cited by:

    1. Mahmud, Minhaj & Sawada, Yasuyuki & Seki, Mai & Takakura, Kazuma, 2025. "Self-learning at the right level, COVID-19, school closure, and non-cognitive abilities," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 107(C).
    2. Gambi, Letizia & De Witte, Kristof, 2024. "The resilience in test scores and the mitigating effect of summer schools one year after the COVID-19 school closures," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 90(C).
    3. Yorke, Louise & Araya, Mesele & Chuta, Nardos & Demisse, Abebech & Rose, Pauline, 2025. "The interaction between learning, mental health and wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal mixed-methods study in Ethiopia," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 117(C).
    4. Guariso, Andrea & Björkman Nyqvist, Martina, 2023. "The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children’s learning and wellbeing: Evidence from India," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 164(C).
    5. Dessy, Sylvain & Gninafon, Horace & Tiberti, Luca & Tiberti, Marco, 2023. "Free compulsory education can mitigate COVID-19 disruptions’ adverse effects on child schooling," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 97(C).
    6. Abhijeet Singh & Mauricio Romero & Karthik Muralidharan, 2022. "Covid-19 Learning Loss and Recovery: Panel Data Evidence from India," NBER Working Papers 30552, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    7. Chemin, Matthieu & Schneider, Jeremy, 2025. "Online tutoring reduces by half the learning loss due to school closures: Evidence from a randomized experiment in Kenya," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 117(C).
    8. Dela Cruz, Nina Ashley & Adona, Ann Jillian & Molato-Gayares, Rhea & Park, Albert, 2025. "Learning loss and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review of evidence," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 115(C).
    9. Gabriela Palavicini & Adriana Cantón, 2025. "Remote Education in Mexico: Advantages and Disadvantages," SAGE Open, , vol. 15(1), pages 21582440251, March.
    10. Alejo, Anna & Jenkins, Robert & Reuge, Nicolas & Yao, Haogen, 2023. "Understanding and addressing the post-pandemic learning disparities," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 102(C).
    11. Yarrow, Noah & Cahu, Paul & Breeding, Mary E. & Afkar, Rythia, 2024. "What I really want: Policy maker views on education in Southeast Asia," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 108(C).
    12. Bastian A. Betthäuser & Anders M. Bach-Mortensen & Per Engzell, 2023. "A systematic review and meta-analysis of the evidence on learning during the COVID-19 pandemic," Nature Human Behaviour, Nature, vol. 7(3), pages 375-385, March.
    13. Ponnusamy, Sundar & Trinh, Trong-Anh, 2025. "The impact of mobile internet on student cognitive performance during COVID: Evidence from Pakistan," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 106(C).

  2. Psacharopoulos, George & Collis, Victoria & Patrinos, Harry Anthony & Vegas, Emiliana, 2020. "Lost Wages: The COVID-19 Cost of School Closures," IZA Discussion Papers 13641, IZA Network @ LISER.

    Cited by:

    1. Carlana, Michela & La Ferrara, Eliana, 2021. "Apart but Connected: Online Tutoring and Student Outcomes during the COVID-19 Pandemic," CEPR Discussion Papers 15761, Centre for Economic Policy Research.
    2. Neidhöfer, Guido & Lustig, Nora & Tommasi, Mariano, 2021. "Intergenerational transmission of lockdown consequences: Prognosis of the longer-run persistence of COVID-19 in Latin America," ZEW Discussion Papers 21-046, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
    3. Haelermans, Carla & Jacobs, Madelon & van Vugt, Lynn & Aarts, Bas & Abbink, Henry & Smeets, Chayenne & van der Velden, Rolf & van Wetten, Sanne, 2021. "A full year COVID-19 crisis with interrupted learning and two school closures: The effects on learning growth and inequality in primary education," ROA Research Memorandum 009, Maastricht University, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA).
    4. Stefanie Stantcheva, 2022. "Inequalities in the Times of a Pandemic," NBER Working Papers 29657, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    5. Silke Anger & Malte Sandner & Alexander M. Danzer & Axel Plünnecke & Olaf Köller & Enzo Weber & Samuel Mühlemann & Harald Pfeifer & Bernhard Wittek, 2020. "Schulschließungen, fehlende Ausbildungsplätze, keine Jobs: Generation ohne Zukunft?," ifo Schnelldienst, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 73(09), pages 03-24, September.
    6. Breuer, Anita & Leininger, Julia & Malerba, Daniele & Tosun, Jale, 2023. "Integrated policymaking: Institutional designs for implementing the sustainable development goals (SDGs)," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 170(C).
    7. Ahn, Kunwon & Lee, Jun Yeong & Winters, John V., 2020. "Employment Opportunities and High School Completion during the COVID-19 Recession," IZA Discussion Papers 13802, IZA Network @ LISER.
    8. Rosa Caiazza & Phillip Phan & Erik Lehmann & Henry Etzkowitz, 2021. "An absorptive capacity-based systems view of Covid-19 in the small business economy," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Springer, vol. 17(3), pages 1419-1439, September.
    9. Nora Lustig & Valentina Martinez Pabon & Guido Neidhöfer & Mariano Tommasi, 2020. "Short and Long-Run Distributional Impacts of COVID-19 in Latin America," Working Papers 2013, Tulane University, Department of Economics.
    10. Mónika Harangi-Rákos & Christa Pfau & Éva Bácsné Bába & Bence András Bács & Péter Miklós Kőmíves, 2022. "Lockdowns and Physical Activities: Sports in the Time of COVID," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(4), pages 1-22, February.
    11. Engzell, Per & Frey, Arun & Verhagen, Mark D., 2020. "Learning Inequality During the Covid-19 Pandemic," SocArXiv ve4z7, Center for Open Science.
    12. Sung Wook Kim & Caterina Alacevich & Catia Nicodemo & Raphael Wittenberg & Simon Lusignan & Stavros Petrou, 2025. "The Association between COVID-19 Status and Economic Costs in the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from a UK Symptom Surveillance Digital Survey," PharmacoEconomics - Open, Springer, vol. 9(2), pages 231-245, March.
    13. Buffie, Edward F. & Adam, Christopher & Zanna, Luis-Felipe & Kpodar, Kangni, 2023. "Loss-of-learning and the post-Covid recovery in low-income countries," Journal of Macroeconomics, Elsevier, vol. 75(C).
    14. G.T. Ijaiya & R, A. Bello & M.A. Ijaya & T.A. Ijaiya, 2020. "Corona Virus (Covid-19), Lockdown And Well-Being: Views And Counter Views In The Streets Of Tanke-Bubu, Ilorin, Nigeria," Ilorin Journal of Economic Policy, Department of Economics, University of Ilorin, vol. 7(3), pages 24-40.
    15. Amodio, Emanuele & Battisti, Michele & Kourtellos, Andros & Maggio, Giuseppe & Maida, Carmelo Massimo, 2022. "Schools opening and Covid-19 diffusion: Evidence from geolocalized microdata," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 143(C).

  3. Bos, María Soledad & Vegas, Emiliana, 2017. "The Consequences of Educational Voucher Reform in Chile," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 8491, Inter-American Development Bank.

    Cited by:

    1. Gazmuri, Ana M., 2024. "School segregation in the presence of student sorting and cream-skimming: Evidence from a school voucher reform," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 238(C).
    2. Alaimo, Veronica & Cafagna, Gianluca & Elacqua, Gregory & Giles Álvarez, Laura & Izquierdo, Alejandro & Keefer, Philip & Martínez Von der Fecht, Matías & Vuletin, Guillermo & Moreno-Serra, Rodrigo & P, 2018. "Better Spending for Better Lives: How Latin America and the Caribbean Can Do More with Less," IDB Publications (Books), Inter-American Development Bank, number 9152.
    3. Benjamin Feigenberg & Steven Rivkin & Rui Yan, 2017. "Illusory Gains from Chile's Targeted School Voucher Experiment," NBER Working Papers 23178, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    4. Silva Filho, Rogério Luiz Cardoso & Carnoy, Martin, 2025. "Analyzing social class and race achievement gaps among secondary school graduates in Brazil," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 117(C).
    5. Alejandra Mizala & Florencia Torche, 2017. "Means-Tested School Vouchers and Educational Achievement: Evidence from Chile’s Universal Voucher System," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 674(1), pages 163-183, November.
    6. Carnoy, Martin & Rodrigues, Erica, 2024. "Achievement gains in an unequal society: Analyzing academic performance among Brazilian school districts, 2007–2017," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 107(C).

  4. Vegas, Emiliana, 2015. "Cuando el gasto en la educación importa: Un análisis empírico de información internacional reciente," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 6803, Inter-American Development Bank.

    Cited by:

    1. Morley, Samuel A., 2000. "The effects of growth and economic reform on income distribution in Latin America," Revista CEPAL, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), August.
    2. Eduardo Lora & Mauricio Olivera, 1998. "Macro Policy and Employment Problems in Latin America," Research Department Publications 4116, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department.
    3. Bukhari, Mahnoor & Munir, Kashif, 2016. "Impact of Globalization on Income Inequality in Selected Asian Countries," MPRA Paper 74248, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    4. Eduardo Lora & Mauricio Olivera, 1998. "Políticas macro y problemas del empleo en América Latina," Research Department Publications 4117, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department.

  5. Vegas, Emiliana & Ganimian, Alejandro, 2013. "Theory and Evidence on Teacher Policies in Developed and Developing Countries," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 4597, Inter-American Development Bank.

    Cited by:

    1. Balcázar, Carlos Felipe & Nopo, Hugo R., 2014. "Broken Gears: The Value Added of Higher Education on Teachers' Academic Achievement," IZA Discussion Papers 8477, IZA Network @ LISER.
    2. Nkhokwe, Maxwell & Ungapembe, Felix & Furukawa, Norihide, 2017. "Identification of groups of secondary school teachers who leave the teaching profession in Malawi," Working Papers Field Report;3, JICA Research Institute.
    3. Paul E. McNamara & Joyous S. Tata, 2015. "Principles of Designing and Implementing Agricultural Extension Programs for Reducing Post-harvest Loss," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 5(4), pages 1-12, October.

  6. Emiliana Vegas & Alejandro Ganimian & Analia Jaimovich, 2012. "Learning from the Best : Improving Learning Through Effective Teacher Policies," World Bank Publications - Reports 10057, The World Bank Group.

    Cited by:

    1. World Bank, 2023. "Making Teacher Policy Work," World Bank Publications - Reports 40579, The World Bank Group.

  7. Emiliana Vegas & Veronica Silva, 2010. "Strengthening Early Childhood Development Policies and Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean," World Bank Publications - Reports 27819, The World Bank Group.

    Cited by:

    1. John Fredy Ariza & Shirley Lorena Rojas, 2020. "¿Mejora el Programa de Alimentación Escolar (pae) el desempeno académico de los estudiantes en Ibagué?," Revista Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, vol. 28(2), pages 143-159.

  8. Rogers, F. Halsey & Vegas, Emiliana, 2009. "No more cutting class ? reducing teacher absence and providing incentives for performance," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4847, The World Bank.

    Cited by:

    1. Bray, Mark & Kobakhidze, Magda Nutsa & Liu, Junyan & Zhang, Wei, 2016. "The internal dynamics of privatised public education: Fee-charging supplementary tutoring provided by teachers in Cambodia," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 49(C), pages 291-299.
    2. Smith, William C. & Joshi, Devin K., 2016. "Public vs. private schooling as a route to universal basic education: A comparison of China and India," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 46(C), pages 153-165.
    3. Elsayed,Mahmoud Abduh Ali & Clerkin,Aidan & Pitsia,Vasiliki & Aljabri,Nayyaf & Al-Harbi,Khaleel, 2022. "What Explains Boys’ Educational Underachievement in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ?," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9896, The World Bank.
    4. Lewis, Maureen & Pettersson, Gunilla, 2009. "Governance in health care delivery : raising performance," Policy Research Working Paper Series 5074, The World Bank.
    5. Charles Kenny, William Savedoff, 2013. "Can Results-Based Payments Reduce Corruption?-Working Paper 345," Working Papers 345, Center for Global Development.
    6. World Bank, 2012. "Nigeria : Bauchi Teachers," World Bank Publications - Reports 17675, The World Bank Group.
    7. World Bank, 2012. "Uganda : Teachers," World Bank Publications - Reports 17676, The World Bank Group.
    8. World Bank, 2012. "Mali Teachers : SABER Country Report 2012," World Bank Publications - Reports 20168, The World Bank Group.
    9. World Bank, 2012. "Guinea-Bissau Teachers : SABER Country Report 2012," World Bank Publications - Reports 20164, The World Bank Group.
    10. Charles Kenny, 2010. "Learning about Schools in Development," Working Papers id:3386, eSocialSciences.
    11. World Bank, 2012. "Nigeria : Ekiti Teachers," World Bank Publications - Reports 17668, The World Bank Group.
    12. World Bank Group, 2016. "Education Sector Public Expenditure Tracking and Service Delivery Survey in Zambia," World Bank Publications - Reports 23884, The World Bank Group.

  9. McEwan, Patrick J. & Urquiola, Miguel & Vegas, Emiliana, 2008. "School choice, stratification, and information on school performance: lessons from Chile," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 123302, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.

    Cited by:

    1. Gazmuri, Ana M., 2024. "School segregation in the presence of student sorting and cream-skimming: Evidence from a school voucher reform," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 238(C).
    2. Gabriela Toledo Román & Juan Pablo Valenzuela, 2015. "Over-estimating the effects of teacher attributes on school performance in the Chilean education system," Estudios de Economia, University of Chile, Department of Economics, vol. 42(1 Year 20), pages 99-128, June.
    3. Menezes-Filho, Naercio & Moita, Rodrigo & Andrade, Eduardo, 2012. "Entry in School Markets: Theory and Evidence from Brazilian Municipalities," Insper Working Papers wpe_284, Insper Working Paper, Insper Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa.
    4. MacLeod, W. Bentley & Urquiola, Miguel, 2012. "Anti-Lemons: School Reputation, Relative Diversity, and Educational Quality," IZA Discussion Papers 6805, IZA Network @ LISER.
    5. Francisco Meneses, 2021. "Intergenerational Mobility After Expanding Educational Opportunities: A Quasi Experiment," Working Papers 586, ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality.
    6. Michela M. Tincani, 2021. "Teacher labor markets, school vouchers, and student cognitive achievement: Evidence from Chile," Quantitative Economics, Econometric Society, vol. 12(1), pages 173-216, January.
    7. Alejandro Arenas Alzate, 2021. "Mejores colegios en Colombia: efecto de las condiciones socioeconómicas sobre el desempeno escolar," Documentos de Trabajo de Valor Público 19829, Universidad EAFIT.
    8. Cuesta, José Ignacio & González, Felipe & Larroulet Philippi, Cristian, 2020. "Distorted quality signals in school markets," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 147(C).
    9. MacLeod, W. Bentley & Urquiola, Miguel, 2012. "Competition and Educational Productivity: Incentives Writ Large," IZA Discussion Papers 7063, IZA Network @ LISER.
    10. McEwan, Patrick J., 2013. "The impact of Chile's school feeding program on education outcomes," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 32(C), pages 122-139.
    11. Gabriel Heller Sahlgren, 2014. "Handing Over the School Keys: The Impact of Privatisation on Education Quality," Economic Affairs, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 34(2), pages 196-210, June.
    12. Adrienne M. Lucas & Patrick J. McEwan & David Torres Irribarra, 2025. "The Long-Run and Intergenerational Effects of Conditional Cash Transfers: Evidence from Chile’s Indigenous Grants," NBER Working Papers 33798, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    13. W. Bentley MacLeod & Miguel Urquiola, 2018. "Is Education Consumption or Investment? Implications for the Effect of School Competition," NBER Working Papers 25117, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    14. Ainhoa Vega-Bayo & Petr Mariel, 2019. "A Discrete Choice Experiment Application to School Choice in the Basque Country," Hacienda Pública Española / Review of Public Economics, IEF, vol. 230(3), pages 41-62, September.
    15. León, Gianmarco & Valdivia, Martín, 2015. "Inequality in school resources and academic achievement: Evidence from Peru," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 40(C), pages 71-84.
    16. W. Bentley MacLeod & Miguel Urquiola, 2009. "Anti-Lemons: School Reputation and Educational Quality," NBER Working Papers 15112, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    17. Miguel Urquiola, 2015. "Progress and challenges in achieving an evidence-based education policy in Latin America and the Caribbean," Latin American Economic Review, Springer;Centro de Investigaciòn y Docencia Económica (CIDE), vol. 24(1), pages 1-30, December.
    18. Herskovic, Luis, 2020. "The Effect of Subway Access on School Choice," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 78(C).
    19. Ortega, Daniel E., 2009. "Human Development of Peoples," MPRA Paper 19232, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    20. Nancy Birdsall, Nora Lustig, Christian Meyer, 2013. "The Strugglers: The New Poor in Latin America?-Working Paper 337," Working Papers 337, Center for Global Development.
    21. Naercio Menezes-Filho & Rodrigo Moita & Eduardo Andrade, 2012. "Entry in School Markets: Theory and Evidence from Brazilian Municipalities," Business and Economics Working Papers 156, Unidade de Negocios e Economia, Insper.
    22. Andrade, Eduardo de Carvalho, 2009. "Rankings em educação: tipos, problemas, informações e mudanças," Insper Working Papers wpe_198, Insper Working Paper, Insper Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa.
    23. Birdsall, Nancy & Lustig, Nora & Meyer, Christian J., 2014. "The Strugglers: The New Poor in Latin America?," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 60(C), pages 132-146.
    24. Francesca Marchetta & Tom Dilly, 2019. "Supporting Education in Africa: Opportunities and Challenges for an Impact Investor," Working Papers hal-02288103, HAL.

  10. Emiliana Vegas & Ilana Umansky, 2005. "Improving Teaching and Learning through Effective Incentives : What Can We Learn from Education Reforms in Latin America?," World Bank Publications - Reports 8694, The World Bank Group.

    Cited by:

    1. Lentini, Valeria & Gimenez, Gregorio & Valbuena, Javier, 2024. "Teachers' preferences for incentives to work in disadvantaged districts: A discrete choice experiment in Costa Rica," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 82(C), pages 831-845.
    2. Martin Gustafsson & Firoz Patel, 2009. "Managing the teacher pay system: What the local and international data are telling us," Working Papers 26/2009, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
    3. World Bank, 2015. "Central America Social Expenditures and Institutional Review," World Bank Publications - Reports 22491, The World Bank Group.
    4. World Bank, 2010. "Transforming Indonesia's Teaching Force : From Pre-service Training to Retirement - Producing and Maintaining a High-quality, Efficient, and Motivated Workforce," World Bank Publications - Reports 2853, The World Bank Group.
    5. Laviolette, Luc & Gopalan, Sudararajan & Elder, Leslie & Wouters, Olivier J., 2016. "Incentivizing nutrition: incentive mechanisms to accelerate improved nutrition outcomes," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 68710, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    6. Javier Luque & Barbara Bruns, 2014. "Great Teachers : How to Raise Student Learning in Latin America and the Caribbean--Overview," World Bank Publications - Reports 19507, The World Bank Group.
    7. Michelle Riboud, 2015. "Inclusive Human Growth," Global Journal of Emerging Market Economies, Emerging Markets Forum, vol. 7(1), pages 28-64, January.
    8. World Bank, 2008. "World Development Report 2007 Development and the Next Generation," Working Papers id:1755, eSocialSciences.
    9. Bando, Rosangela, 2015. "The effect of cash transfers to schools on voluntary contributions," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 111(C), pages 224-236.
    10. Paula Armstrong, 2014. "Teacher Wages in South Africa: How Attractive is the Teaching Profession?," Working Papers 08/2014, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
    11. World Bank, 2010. "Transforming Indonesia's Teaching Force : Executive Summary," World Bank Publications - Reports 2852, The World Bank Group.
    12. Aktoty Aitzhanova & Shigeo Katsu & Johannes F. Linn & Vladislav Yezhov (ed.), 2014. "Kazakhstan 2050: Toward a Modern Society for All," Books, Emerging Markets Forum, edition 1, number kazakh2050, September.
    13. Sawada, Yasuyuki & Aida, Takeshi & Griffen, Andrew S & Kozuka, Eiji & Noguchi, Haruko & Todo, Yasuyuki, 2016. "Election, Implementation, and Social Capital in SchoolBased Management: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment on the COGES Project in Burkina Faso," Working Papers 120, JICA Research Institute.
    14. Lieschen Venter & Theresa Viljoen, 2020. "A Systems Perspective on School Improvement with a Focus on Teachers," Systemic Practice and Action Research, Springer, vol. 33(3), pages 265-293, June.
    15. Sawada, Yasuyuki & Ishii, Takaharu, 2012. "Do Community-Managed Schools Facilitate Social Capital Accumulation? Evidence from the COGES Project in Burkina Faso," Working Papers 42, JICA Research Institute.
    16. Luc Laviolette & Sudararajan Gopalan & Leslie Elder & Olivier Wouters, 2016. "Incentivizing Nutrition," World Bank Publications - Reports 25870, The World Bank Group.

Articles

  1. Angrist, Noam & Aurino, Elisabetta & Patrinos, Harry A. & Psacharopoulos, George & Vegas, Emiliana & Nordjo, Ralph & Wong, Brad, 2023. "Improving Learning in Low- and Lower-Middle-Income Countries," Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, Cambridge University Press, vol. 14(S1), pages 55-80, June.

    Cited by:

    1. Crawfurd, Lee, 2024. "Feasibility first: Expanding access before fixing learning," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 104(C).
    2. Vu, Khoa & Dao, Vu & DeJaeghere, Joan & Glewwe, Paul, 2024. "Collaborative learning in the Vietnam Escuela Nueva Model and students’ learning behaviors: A mixed methods longitudinal study," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 106(C).
    3. Alderman, Harold & Aurino, Elisabetta & Baffour, Priscilla Twumasi & Gelli, Aulo & Turkson, Festus Ebo & Wong, Brad, 2025. "Assessing the overall benefits of programs enhancing human capital and equity: a new method with an application to school meals," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 106(C).
    4. World Bank, 2024. "Gulf Economic Update, Spring 2024," World Bank Publications - Reports 41642, The World Bank Group.
    5. Garnier, Leonardo, 2024. "Education: Why not a race to the top?," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 104(C).
    6. Trani, Jean-Francois & Zhu, Yiqi & Bechara, Saria & Bakhshi, Parul & Kaplan, Ian & Babulal, Ganesh & Zha, Wenqing & Rawab, Hashim & Brown, Derek & Raghavan, Ramesh, 2025. "The impact of a participatory intervention to improve learning outcomes and reduce school-based discrimination and community stigma in primary rural schools of Afghanistan: A cluster control randomized trial," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 118(C).
    7. De Simone, Martin Elias & Tiberti, Federico Hernan & Barron Rodriguez, Maria Rebeca & Manolio, Federico Alfredo & Mosuro, Wuraola & Dikoru, Eliot Jolomi, 2025. "From Chalkboards to Chatbots : Evaluating the Impact of Generative AI on Learning Outcomes in Nigeria," Policy Research Working Paper Series 11125, The World Bank.
    8. Egyir, John, 2026. "Literacy, numeracy skills and free basic education in Ghana," EconStor Preprints 341307, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics.
    9. Patrinos, Harry Anthony & Psacharopoulos, George, 2025. "The Effect of Raising School Quality on Earnings," GLO Discussion Paper Series 1616, Global Labor Organization (GLO).

  2. Patrick J. McEwan & Miguel Urquiola & Emiliana Vegas, 2008. "School Choice, Stratification and Information on School Performance: Lessons from Chile," Economía Journal, The Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association - LACEA, vol. 0(Spring 20), pages 1-42.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  3. Ilana Umansky & Emiliana Vegas, 2007. "Inside Decentralization: How Three Central American School-based Management Reforms Affect Student Learning Through Teacher Incentives," The World Bank Research Observer, World Bank, vol. 22(2), pages 197-215, August.

    Cited by:

    1. Mark O. Heyward & Robert A. Cannon & Sarjono, 2011. "Implementing school-based management in Indonesia: impact and lessons learned," Journal of Development Effectiveness, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 3(3), pages 371-388, September.
    2. King, Elizabeth M. & Orazem, Peter F. & Paterno, Elizabeth M., 2008. "Promotion with and without learning : effects on student enrollment and dropout behavior," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4722, The World Bank.
    3. Panchali Guha, 2023. "School committee composition: Exploring the role of parental and female representation in India," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 41(3), May.

Books

  1. Elacqua, Gregory & Hincapie, Diana & Vegas, Emiliana & Alfonso, Mariana, 2018. "Profesión: Profesor en América Latina ¿Por qué se perdió el prestigio docente y cómo recuperarlo?," IDB Publications (Books), Inter-American Development Bank, number 8953.

    Cited by:

    1. Drouet Arias, Marcelo & Elacqua, Gregory & Marotta, Luana & Rosa, Leonardo, 2022. "Does an Education Major Matter for Teaching?: The Relationship between Teachers Degree and Student Achievement," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 12638, Inter-American Development Bank.
    2. Alfonso, Mariana & Busso, Matias & Ñopo, Hugo & Rivera, Antonella & Yentzen, Triana, 2025. "Becoming a teacher: Experimental evidence from an information intervention," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 118(C).
    3. Busso, Matias & Montaño, Sebastián & Muñoz-Morales, Juan & Pope, Nolan G., 2024. "The unintended consequences of merit-based teacher selection: Evidence from a large-scale reform in Colombia," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 239(C).
    4. Rivero, Rosario & Sánchez, Rafael & Valencia, Edgar & Rojas, Maria Eugenia, 2026. "When Teacher Preparation Programs Look Alike: Variability, Accountability, and the Limits of Program Differentiation," IZA Discussion Papers 18505, IZA Network @ LISER.

  2. Vegas, Emiliana & Santibáñez, Lucrecia, 2010. "The Promise of Early Childhood Development in Latin America and the Caribbean," IDB Publications (Books), Inter-American Development Bank, number 362.

    Cited by:

    1. Jose Cuesta & Mario Negre & Ana Revenga & Maika Schmidt, 2018. "Tackling Income Inequality: What Works and Why?," Journal of Income Distribution, Ad libros publications inc., vol. 26(1), pages 1-48, March.

  3. Vegas, Emiliana & Petrow, Jenny, 2008. "Raising Student Learning in Latin America: The Challenge for the 21st Century," IDB Publications (Books), Inter-American Development Bank, number 355.

    Cited by:

    1. Michelle J. Neuman & Amanda E. Devercelli, 2013. "What Matters Most for Early Childhood Development : A Framework Paper," World Bank Publications - Reports 20174, The World Bank Group.
    2. Castro Aristizabal, Geovanny & Giménez, Gregorio & Pérez Ximénez-de-Embún, Domingo, 2018. "Estimation of factors conditioning the acquisition of academic skills in Latin America in the presence of endogeneity," Revista CEPAL, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), April.
    3. Pagés, Carmen & Scartascini, Carlos & Funaro, Rita & Madrigal, Lucía & Duryea, Suzanne & Chaparro, Juan Camilo & Rodríguez-Pombo, María Victoria & Lora, Eduardo & Sanguinetti, Pablo & Savedoff, Willia, 2008. "Beyond Facts: Understanding Quality of Life," IDB Publications (Books), Inter-American Development Bank, number 7200.
    4. Daniel Ortega, 2010. "Human Development of Peoples," Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 11(2), pages 229-257.
    5. World Bank, 2011. "Saber - School Finance Objectives and Conceptual Approach," World Bank Publications - Reports 12560, The World Bank Group.
    6. World Bank, 2008. "Colombia - The Quality of Education in Colombia : An Analysis and Options for a Policy Agenda," World Bank Publications - Reports 7875, The World Bank Group.
    7. Gustavo Arcia & Harry Patrinos & Emilio Porta & Kevin Macdonald, 2010. "School Autonomy and Accountability in Context : Application of Benchmarking Indicators in Selected European Countries," World Bank Publications - Reports 21548, The World Bank Group.
    8. Quentin Wodon, 2016. "What Matters Most for Equity and Inclusion in Education Systems," World Bank Publications - Reports 28094, The World Bank Group.
    9. Bando, Rosangela & Li, Xia, 2014. "The Effect of In-Service Teacher Training on Student Learning of English as a Second Language," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 6596, Inter-American Development Bank.
    10. Meherun Ahmed & Kazi Iqbal, 2016. "Is There any Threshold in the Relationship Between Mother's Education and Child Health? Evidence from Nigeria," The Developing Economies, Institute of Developing Economies, vol. 54(3), pages 243-256, September.

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  1. NEP-EDU: Education (6) 2009-03-14 2013-05-22 2013-05-22 2017-07-09 2020-07-13 2020-09-21. Author is listed
  2. NEP-URE: Urban and Real Estate Economics (5) 2009-03-14 2017-07-09 2020-07-13 2020-09-28 2022-10-31. Author is listed
  3. NEP-CWA: Central and Western Asia (1) 2009-03-14
  4. NEP-DEV: Development (1) 2009-03-14
  5. NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (1) 2009-03-14
  6. NEP-SEA: South East Asia (1) 2009-03-14

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