Search Results - "Ijaz Khwaja, Asim"

Report Cards: The Impact of Providing School and Child Test Scores on Educational Markets by Andrabi, Tahir, Das, Jishnu, Khwaja, Asim Ijaz

“…We study the impact of providing school report cards with test scores on subsequent test scores, prices, and enrollment in markets with multiple public and…”
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Tracing the Impact of Bank Liquidity Shocks: Evidence from an Emerging Market by Khwaja, Asim Ijaz, Mian, Atif

“…We examine the impact of liquidity shocks by exploiting cross-bank liquidity variation induced by unanticipated nuclear tests in Pakistan. We show that for the…”
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Crowding in Private Quality: The Equilibrium Effects of Public Spending in Education by Andrabi, Tahir, Bau, Natalie, Das, Jishnu, Karachiwalla, Naureen, Ijaz Khwaja, Asim

“…Abstract We estimate the equilibrium effects of a public school grant program administered through school councils in Pakistani villages with multiple public…”
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Making Moves Matter: Experimental Evidence on Incentivizing Bureaucrats through Performance-Based Postings by Khan, Adnan Q., Khwaja, Asim Ijaz, Olken, Benjamin A.

“…Bureaucracies often post staff to better or worse locations, ostensibly to provide incentives. Yet we know little about whether this works, with heterogeneity…”
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Religious School Enrollment in Pakistan: A Look at the Data by Andrabi, Tahir, Das, Jishnu, Zajonc, Tristan

“…In recent years, policy makers have expressed growing concern about Pakistan's religious schools, which are commonly known as madrasas. These concerns have…”
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Do Lenders Favor Politically Connected Firms? Rent Provision in an Emerging Financial Market by Khwaja, Asim Ijaz, Mian, Atif

“…Corruption by the politically connected is often blamed for economic ills, particularly in less developed economies. Using a loan-level data set of more than…”
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Can good projects succeed in bad communities? by Khwaja, Asim Ijaz

“…The lack of “social capital” is frequently given as an explanation for why communities perform poorly. Yet to what extent can project design compensate for…”
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Do value-added estimates add value?: Accounting for learning dynamics by Andrabi, Tahir, Das, Jishnu, Khwaja, Asim Ijaz, Zajonc, Tristan

“…This paper illustrates the central role of persistence in estimating and interpreting value-added models of learning. Using data from Pakistani public and…”
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Students today, teachers tomorrow: Identifying constraints on the provision of education by Andrabi, Tahir, Das, Jishnu, Khwaja, Asim Ijaz

“…With an estimated one hundred fifteen million children not attending primary school in the developing world, increasing access to education is critical. This…”
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A Dime a Day: The Possibilities and Limits of Private Schooling in Pakistan by Andrabi, Tahir, Das, Jishnu, Khwaja, Asim Ijaz

“…The authors of this article state that Pakistan is severely offtrack in its progress toward the Millennium Development Goals relating to education for all. Its…”
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Optimising SARS-CoV-2 pooled testing for low-resource settings by Majid, Farhan, Omer, Saad B, Khwaja, Asim Ijaz

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Unchecked intermediaries: Price manipulation in an emerging stock market by Khwaja, Asim Ijaz, Mian, Atif

“…How costly is the poor governance of market intermediaries? Using unique trade level data from the stock market in Pakistan, we find that when brokers trade on…”
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IS INCREASING COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION ALWAYS A GOOD THING? by Khwaja, Asim Ijaz

“…This paper considers the impact of community participation on outcomes of development projects. It first offers a theoretical framework for participation by…”
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Subcontractors for tractors: Theory and evidence on flexible specialization, supplier selection, and contracting by Andrabi, Tahir, Ghatak, Maitreesh, Khwaja, Asim Ijaz

“…Buyer–Seller networks are pervasive in developing economies yet remain relatively understudied. Using primary data on contracts between the largest tractor…”
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Estimating the Impact of The Hajj: Religion and Tolerance in Islam's Global Gathering by Clingingsmith, David, Khwaja, Asim Ijaz, Kremer, Michael

“…We estimate the impact on pilgrims of performing the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. Our method compares successful and unsuccessful applicants in a lottery used by…”
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Screening Peers Softly: Inferring the Quality of Small Borrowers by Iyer, Rajkamal, Khwaja, Asim Ijaz, Luttmer, Erzo F. P., Shue, Kelly

“…This paper examines the performance of new online lending markets that rely on nonexpert individuals to screen their peers’ creditworthiness. We find that…”
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Report Cards by Andrabi, Tahir, Das, Jishnu, Khwaja, Asim Ijaz

“…We study the impact of providing school report cards with test scores on subsequent test scores, prices, and enrollment in markets with multiple public and…”
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Economic shocks and skill acquisition: Evidence from a national online learning platform at the onset of COVID-19 by Ganguli, Ina, Haidar, Jamal Ibrahim, Khwaja, Asim Ijaz, Stemper, Samuel, Zafar, Basit

“…We study how large shocks impact individuals’ skilling decisions using data from a large, government-sponsored, online learning platform in Saudi Arabia. The…”
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What did you do all day?: Maternal education and child outcomes by Andrabi, Tahir, Das, Jishnu, Khwaja, Asim Ijaz

“…Does maternal education have an impact on children's educational outcomes even at the very low levels found in many developing countries? We use instrumental…”
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Rent Seeking and Corruption in Financial Markets by Khwaja, Asim Ijaz, Mian, Atif

“…We describe recent advances in the study of rent seeking and corruption in financial markets. We outline three areas of inquiry: ( a ) conceptualizing rent…”
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