When are experiments corrupt
TL;DR: In 2010 and 2011, the UK's Department for International Development (DFID) funded a large-scale experiment on Kenyan schools as mentioned in this paper, which tested the effects of cutting teachers in Kenyan schools.
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Abstract: Between 2010 and 2011, the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) funded a large-scale experiment on Kenyan schools. The policy experiment tested the effects of cutting teache...
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