📣 Passionate about closing the gap between evidence and day-to-day implementation? Check out our new article "Iterative A/B testing for Social Impact: Rigorous, Rapid, and Regular" now out in @ssir.org w/ @mandabeat.bsky.social @ccullen.bsky.social Tendekai Mukoyi ssir.org/articles/ent...

Iterative A/B Testing for Social Impact: Rigorous, Rapid, Regular (SSIR)

How organizations can close the gap between measurement and implementation

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🎉Our new piece on Iterative A/B Testing is out in @ssir.org with @noamangrist.bsky.social @mandabeat.bsky.social & Tendekai Mukoyi. A case & toolkit for rigorous, rapid, and regular testing to improve cost-effectiveness at scale👇 💡 ssir.org/articles/ent... 🛠️ www.youth-impact.org/insights/a-b...

Iterative A/B Testing for Social Impact: Rigorous, Rapid, Regular (SSIR)

How organizations can close the gap between measurement and implementation

ssir.org

📢 #EdWorkingPapers: Tutoring is powerful but expensive to scale. Across 12 rapid A/B tests, @noamangrist.bsky.social, @ccullen.bsky.social, & @janicalapati.bsky.social optimize a tech-enabled tutoring program, boosting efficiency & finding low-cost ways to double learning impact. 📄 bit.ly/49MbmC8

Tutoring school children is effective, but hard to scale. Researchers @noamangrist.bsky.social, @ccullen.bsky.social, & @janicalapati.bsky.social used a novel A/B testing approach to enhance cost-effectiveness and scalability of a program in Botswana. 🔗 Read the new paper: https://bit.ly/3WYniJn

Cheaper (and more effective) by the dozen: Evidence from 12 randomised A/B tests optimising tutoring for scale - What Works Hub for Global Education

This paper presents iterative randomised A/B tests of a mobile phone numeracy tutoring programme to optimise efficiency and scalability.

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I'd love to help make BlueSky one of the places where young scholars introduce themselves and their work to the world. If you're a PhD student whose work at least partially focuses on economics of education or education policy, reply to this thread and I'll highlight your work.

🚨So happy this is out in the world! Our paper on 12 A/B tests finds that quick, iterative experimentation produced large cost-effectiveness gains in an education program. Encouraging evidence for faster, rigorous learning in the social sector. ‪@noamangrist.bsky.social's summary🧵👇

Noam Angrist@noamangrist.bsky.social · 10mo ago

📣 Our paper is out on 12 A/B tests all together showing *big* efficiency gains! So excited about this paper & broader approach. We optimize tutoring programs which are famously effective but hard to scale. Highlights👇 @wwhglobaled.bsky.social @youthimpactorg.bsky.social www.wwhge.org/resources/ch...

🆕 New working paper out now! Cheaper (and more effective) by the dozen: Evidence from 12 randomised A/B tests optimising tutoring for scale, by @noamangrist.bsky.social, @ccullen.bsky.social & @janicalapati.bsky.social. @youthimpactorg.bsky.social 📍 Read more: www.wwhge.org/resources/ch...

Cheaper (and more effective) by the dozen: Evidence from 12 randomised A/B tests optimising tutoring for scale - What Works Hub for Global Education

This paper presents iterative randomised A/B tests of a mobile phone numeracy tutoring programme to optimise efficiency and scalability.

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🚨 We are hiring! ‼️‼️ tenured track assistant or associate prof in economics at university of Melbourne @unimelb.bsky.social welcome applications from all fields (but especially from econometrics) econjobmarket.org/positions?sh...

Wanted to do an #econtwitter #econsky 🧵about some of the amazing gender-related work (note - not exhaustive!) presented this week at CSAE - was not there, but had a fascinating time browsing the program. (Link below)

📣 Join our team in South Africa as a Research Manager! Support cutting-edge research on a set of scaling evidence-based programs in collaboration w/ the Department of Basic Education @youthimpactorg.bsky.social @j-pal.bsky.social Lego Zenex + more www.youth-impact.org/join-our-tea...

Research Manager | Youth Impact

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Grateful for @kbeegle.bsky.social 's thoughtful deep dive on our new paper & a related study—we find that a couples training program in Rwanda, meant to reduce IPV, unexpectedly increased it, raising important questions on backlash & spillovers. Paper 🔗: openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/pub...

Kathleen Beegle@kbeegle.bsky.social · 2y ago

Read up on work that finds significant backlash from couple intervention to reduce IPV… scaling up and spillovers matter!

💡We’re hiring a Data Scientist! Youth Impact is expanding our team to build program & data systems for scale—starting with an exciting Government of Karnataka partnership to scale evidence-based education programs. 🚀 youth-impact.org/join-our-tea...

Data Scientist | Youth Impact

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Noam Angrist@noamangrist.bsky.social · 2y ago

📣 Calling all Data Scientists! Youth Impact is hiring a data scientist to build out program & data systems for scale. An exciting partnership made possible by The Agency Fund, OpenAI, J-PAL, + more. Will start w/ an exciting scale-up w/ Government of Karnataka www.youth-impact.org/join-our-tea...

Thrilled the @unjournal.bsky.social reviewed our paper- a fantastic initiative to make rigorous research more impactful and transparent!

The Unjournal (Unjournal.org)@unjournal.bsky.social · 2y ago

Evaluation Summary and Metrics: "Building Resilient Education Systems: Evidence from Large-Scale Randomized Trials in Five Countries"

🚨 Our new working paper is out👇 We explore male backlash against female empowerment and how policies can help mitigate it. Grateful to collaborate with @sarthakjoshi.bsky.social (who's on the job market!), Joe Vecci, and Julia Talbot-Jones. 🔗 docs.iza.org/dp17450.pdf

Sarthak Joshi@sarthakjoshi.bsky.social · 2y ago

🚨New WP Alert!🚨 When women become empowered, some men retaliate. Why? Which policies can mitigate this? We investigate male backlash in response to female empowerment in rural India (with @ccullen.bsky.social , Vecci, & Talbot-Jones). 🔗https://docs.iza.org/dp17450.pdf #EconSky 🧵👇 1/6