On January 13th, Maria Lombardi, a PhD candidate from Universitat Pompeu Fabra, presented a paper titled: “Teacher Performance Pay and Student Learning: Evidence from a Nationwide Program in Peru,” which studies Bono Escuela, a nationwide pay-for-performance program in Peru. It is well-known that teaching quality is imperative for good educational attainment and that several countries’ payment schemes involve flat-salaries that are closely tied to seniority. It is in this context that the Peruvian program offers a school-level monetary incentive in an effort t...
Alex Armand and Joseph Gomes seek one Research Assistants (RA) for the academic year 2017 to work on the project “Learning from a Publicly Subsidized Agricultural Insurance: evidence from Bolivia”. The position needs to be filled as soon as possible.
The period of work will terminate at the end of September 2017 and will be based on a competitive hourly salary. The candidate should expect to work a maximum of 40 days until the end of September. The candidate can work remotely.
During the collaboration, the RA will be working in team with the P...
On the first week of December, Luis Ravina, Director of the NCID, visited the Philippines and Singapore to strengthen the relationship with local partners and met new individuals in both countries. The visit was very satisfactory since new relationships with important institutions and individuals like ambassadors were stablished. Also new means of collaborations arose with our oldest friends in the Philippines that can flourish in the future.
In Manila, Prof. Ravina and Juan Sebastián Gallego, NCID Research Assistant, visited the president of the University of Asia and the Pacifi...