Disrupting education? Experimental evidence on technology-aided instruction in India

American Economic Review

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2019, Pages 1426-1460

  Muralidharan, Karthik ^a   Singh, Abhijeet ^b   Ganimian, Alejandro J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85063729670     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: 19447981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.20171112     Document Type: Article

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