Data and code for: Learning Curve: Progress in the Replication Crisis

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Noam Angrist, Youth Impact; University of Oxford; Claire Cullen, Youth Impact; University of Oxford; Michael Ainomugisha , Building Tomorrow; Sai Pramod Bathena, Alokit; Peter Bergman, University of Texas-Austin; Colin Crossley, Youth Impact; Thato Letsomo, Youth Impact; Moitshepi Matsheng, Youth Impact; Rene Marlon Panti, IPA Philippines; Shwetlena Sabarwal, World Bank; Tim Sullivan, NewGlobe

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Project Citation:

Angrist, Noam, Cullen, Claire, Ainomugisha , Michael, Bathena, Sai Pramod, Bergman, Peter, Crossley, Colin, … Sullivan, Tim. Data and code for: Learning Curve: Progress in the Replication Crisis . Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2023. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2023-05-05. https://doi.org/10.3886/E189561V1

Project Description

Summary:

We present detailed monitoring data across a five-country randomized trial of phone-based targeted tutoring – one of the largest multi-country replication efforts in education to date. We study an approach shown to work in Botswana and replicated in India, Kenya, Nepal, Philippines, and Uganda. While the existing literature often finds diminishing effects as proof-of-concept studies are replicated and scaled, we find the opposite: implementation fidelity (the degree of targeted educational instruction) improves across replications and over time. This demonstrates that replication is not intractable; rather, equipped with mechanisms to learn from experience, organizational “learning curves” can enable effective replication and scale-up.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: Implementation Science; Replication; Education; Scalability

JEL Classification:
      I21 Analysis of Education
      I25 Education and Economic Development
      I28 Education: Government Policy
      J68 Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies: Public Policy

Geographic Coverage: Philippines, Botswana, Uganda, Nepal

Time Period(s): 12/2020 – 7/2022

Universe:

Primary school students and caregivers across Botswana, Nepal, Uganda and Philippines.

Data Type(s): event/transaction data; observational data; survey data

Methodology

Data Source: Survey and implementation data collected by authors and implementation partners.

Unit(s) of Observation: Household

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