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The Asymmetric Effects of High Achiever Peers: Experimental Evidence from Ecuador

We study the impact on cognitive and non-cognitive skills of exposure high achievers, using a unique experiment from Ecuador. Within each school, students were randomly assigned to classrooms in every grade between Kindergarten and 6th grade. …

The Impacts of Childhood Exposure to Terrorist Attacks on Teenagers’ Socioemotional Skills and Alcohol Consumption

This paper explores the impact of exposure to violence during the first nine years of life on risky health behaviors and socioemotional skills as a teenager. In Colombia, over 2 million children have experienced violence, but the medium-term …

Medium-Term Impacts of Access to Daycare on School Outcomes: Experimental Evidence from Rio de Janeiro

In this document we analyze the impacts of a large-scale intervention that provided access to daycare centers for children in low-income neighborhoods in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Our results suggest that the intervention had a positive impact on …