Rebecca L. Thornton

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Economics, Students

Champaign, IL

United States

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Are Rural Road Investments Alone Sufficient to Generate Transport Flows? Lessons from a Randomized Experiment in Rural Malawi and Policy Implications

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5535
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Gaël Raballand, Rebecca L. Thornton, Dean Yang, Dean Yang, Jessica Goldberg, Niall C. Keleher and Annika Mueller
World Bank, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Economics, Students, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Department of Economics, Innovations for Poverty Action and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Economics
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Transport Economics Policy & Planning, Transport in Urban Areas, Urban Transport, Markets and Market Access, Rural Roads & Transport

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Making the Grade: The Sensitivity of Education Program Effectiveness to Input Choices and Outcome Measures

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 19 Jul 2017 Last Revised: 16 Jul 2020
Jason Kerwin and Rebecca L. Thornton
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Department of Applied Economics and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Economics, Students
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Economics of Education, Cost-Effectiveness, Development Economics

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Menstruation and Education in Nepal

NBER Working Paper No. w14853
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 13 Apr 2009 Last Revised: 03 Aug 2022
Emily F. Oster and Rebecca L. Thornton
University of Chicago - Department of Economics and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Economics, Students
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Effects of a Multi-Faceted Education Program on Enrollment, Equity, Learning, and School Management: Evidence from India

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 9081
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 24 Dec 2019
Clara Delavallade, Alan Griffith and Rebecca L. Thornton
World Bank, University of Washington and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Economics, Students
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Educational Sciences, Educational Institutions & Facilities, Gender and Development, Effective Schools and Teachers, Primary Education

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Determinants of Technology Adoption: Private Value and Peer Effects in Menstrual Cup Take-Up

NBER Working Paper No. w14828
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 29 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 09 Jul 2022
Emily F. Oster and Rebecca L. Thornton
University of Chicago - Department of Economics and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Economics, Students
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Education as Liberation?

NBER Working Paper No. w16939
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 11 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 15 Apr 2023
Willa Friedman, Michael Kremer, Edward Miguel and Rebecca L. Thornton
University of Houston - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Economics, Students
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The Effects of Health Insurance within Families: Experimental Evidence from Nicaragua

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 8115
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 24 Jul 2017
Anne Fitzpatrick and Rebecca L. Thornton
University of Massachusetts Boston and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Economics, Students
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Health Economics & Finance, Health Insurance

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Some Children Left Behind: Variation in the Effects of an Educational Intervention

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Some Children Left Behind: Variation in the Effects of an Educational Intervention

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13598
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 17 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 04 May 2023
Julie Buhl-Wiggers, Jason Kerwin, Juan Sebastián Muñoz, Jeffrey A. Smith and Rebecca L. Thornton
Copenhagen Business School, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Department of Applied Economics, IÉSEG School of Management, Lille Campus, University of Wisconsin - Madison and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Economics, Students
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heterogeneous treatment effects, essential heterogeneity, education

Some Children Left Behind: Variation in the Effects of an Educational Intervention

NBER Working Paper No. w29459
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 08 Nov 2021 Last Revised: 30 Jun 2023
Julie Buhl-Wiggers, Jason Kerwin, Juan Muñoz-Morales, Jeffrey A. Smith and Rebecca L. Thornton
Copenhagen Business School, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Department of Applied Economics, Catholic University of Lille - IESEG School of Management, University of Wisconsin - Madison and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Economics, Students
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Participation, Learning, and Equity in Education: Can We Have it All?

IFPRI Discussion Paper 1627
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 04 Apr 2017
Clara Delavallade, Alan Griffith, Gaurav Shukla and Rebecca L. Thornton
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Economics, Students, Educate Girls and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Economics, Students
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INDIA, SOUTH ASIA, ASIA, education, gender, policies, rural communities, impact assessment, girls education, development economics, primary school enrollment, retention, student academic performance, sustainable development goals

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Gender Differences in Economics Course-Taking and Majoring: Findings from an RCT

Halim, Daniel, Elizabeth T. Powers, and Rebecca Thornton. 2021. "Gender Differences in Economics Course-Taking and Majoring: Findings from an RCT." World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 9732 (July).
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 13 Mar 2022
Daniel Zefanya Halim, Elizabeth T. Powers and Rebecca L. Thornton
World Bank, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Economics, Students
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Gender, economics, RCT, college major

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How do Women Learn They Are Pregnant? The Introduction of Clinics and Pregnancy Uncertainty in Nepal

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 30 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 20 Jul 2020
Isabel Musse, Rebecca L. Thornton and Dirgha J. Ghimire
Mathematica, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Economics, Students and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
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New Cellular Networks in Malawi: Correlates of Service Rollout and Network Performance

NBER Working Paper No. w16616
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 18 Dec 2010 Last Revised: 28 May 2023
Dimitris Batzilis, Taryn Dinkelman, Emily F. Oster, Rebecca L. Thornton and Deric Zanera
Independent, Dartmouth College - Department of Economics, University of Chicago - Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Economics, Students and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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The Effect of Beverage Taxes on Youth Consumption and BMI: Evidence from Mauritius

NBER Working Paper No. w28960
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 28 Jun 2021 Last Revised: 17 Feb 2023
John Cawley, Michael Daly and Rebecca L. Thornton
Cornell University - College of Human Ecology, Department of Policy Analysis & Management (PAM), Cornell University and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Economics, Students
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