Green Shoots: Seeding a Market for Certified Cassava Cuttings in Rwanda
with Shilpa Aggarwal, Athanase Nduwumuremyi, Jonathan Robinson, Alan Spearot, and Guanghong Xu
Pilot ongoing
The Fruits of Globalization: Connecting Rwandan Horticultural Farmers to Export Value Chains
with Shilpa Aggarwal, Jonathan Robinson, and Alan Spearot
Pilot ongoing
The Effect of the Language of Instruction Policy on Educational Attainment: Evidence from African Countries
Is the level of educational attainment hindered when students are taught in a language which they are less familiar with?
[Abstract] In Sub-Saharan Africa, more than a fifth of children and a third of youth are out of school. This study focuses on the unique linguistic aspect of Africa as the source of low educational achievement. Due to the discrepancy between the official language and the mother-tongue language, there are many countries in Africa where the medium of instruction is not their home language. Using a novel dataset containing the language of instruction policy for 54 African countries from 1970 to 2017, I find that the countries in which students are taught under transitional models and international languages have a significantly lower level of educational attainment than those in which students are taught in their native languages. I also find an additional year of mother-tongue instruction in the first four years in primary education increases average school life expectancy by around 0.25 years. These results suggest that the implementation of supplementary mother-tongue programs in African countries with limited mother-tongue instruction can help underachieved students.
The Impacts of Quality Disclosure for Diabetes Care on Consumers' Selections and Providers' Responses: Using Regression Discontinuity Design
with Hyuncheol Bryant Kim (HKUST) & Jaeyong Shin (Yonsei University)
The Effect of Natural Disasters on Children: Evidence from Yogyakartan Earthquake in Indonesia
with Elizabeth Kayoon Hur, Haedong Kim, and Jaeyeon Shin
Examines households’ behavior to reduce educational and health input to their children due to Yogyakartan earthquake in Indonesia, using the Difference-In-Differences analysis with the IFLS (Indonesian Family Life Survey) data