Jishnu Das|Stefan Dercon|James Habyarimana|Pramila Krishnan|Karthik Muralidharan|Venkatesh Sundararaman
School Inputs, Household Substitution, and Test Scores
World Bank|University of Oxford|Public Policy Institute of California|University of Cambridge|University of California, San Diego
empirical studies relationship school inputs test scores typically account household responses changes school inputs evidence india zambia shows student test scores higher schools receive unanticipated grants impact grants anticipated show likely mechanism result households offset spending response anticipated grants results confirm importance optimal household responses suggest caution interpreting estimates school inputs learning outcomes parameters education production function jel d12 h52 i21 o15