A Library in the Palm of your Hand? A Randomized Reading Intervention with Low-Income Children
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Keywords
randomized controlled trial; low socioeconomic status; reading comprehension; early education;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
- I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
- I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EUR-2024-10-21 (Microeconomic European Issues)
- NEP-EXP-2024-10-21 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-URE-2024-10-21 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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