Jishnu Das|Tristan Zajonc
India shining and Bharat drowning: Comparing two Indian states to the worldwide distribution in mathematics achievement
World Bank|Harvard University Press
increasing evidence suggests level distribution cognitive skills important economic development absolute measures schooling attainment income skill inequality inextricably linked yet developing world internationally comparable estimates cognitive skills exist paper uses student answers publicly released questions international testing agency together statistical methods item response theory place secondary students two indian statesorissa rajasthanon worldwide distribution mathematics achievement two states fall 43 51 countries data exist bottom 5 children rank higher bottom 5 three countriessouth africa ghana saudi arabia students test poorly inequality testscore distribution states next south africa combination indias size large variance achievement give perceptions india shining even bharat vernacular india drowning indias development unfolds depend critically skill distribution evolves low highskilled workers interact labor market