non-monetary incentives to students
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Effect
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Learning

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DETAILED INFORMATION

CONTEXT

Country Philippines
GDP per capita 2,021

INTERVENTION

Implementation year 2009
Implementer NGO
Duration (months) 2
Cost The cost per tenth of a standard deviation gain per child is 8.52 USD
Intervention details Students were encouraged to read books in a 31-day "read-a-thon," the number of books read was recorded in a wall chart; 100 schools participated

METHODOLOGY

Evaluation design Randomized evaluation
Cluster definition School

REFERENCES

Study Abeberese, Ama, Todd J. Kumler, and Leigh Linden. "Improving Reading Skills by Encouraging Children to Read: A Randomized Evaluation of the Sa Aklat Sisikat Reading Program in the Philippines." Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) Discussion Paper Series no. 5812 (2011).

EFFECTS

Sample Outcome Test Source Table Observations Statistics on Effects%2%
Complete sample Language National Reading exam 5 4,887 4.887 Coeff: 6.00; SE: 3.00; SD: 100.00
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