Karthik Muralidharan

University of California, San Diego (UCSD)

9500 Gilman Drive

Mail Code 0502

La Jolla, CA 92093-0112

United States

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Scholarly Papers (25)

1.

Double for Nothing? Experimental Evidence on an Unconditional Teacher Salary Increase in Indonesia

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 8264
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 08 Dec 2017
World Bank, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), University of Amsterdam and World Bank
Downloads 243 (242,947)
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Public Sector Administrative and Civil Service Reform, Democratic Government, Educational Sciences, Rural Labor Markets, Non Governmental Organizations, Economics and Institutions, Public Sector Administrative & Civil Service Reform, De Facto Governments, Public Sector Management and Reform

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Quality and Accountability in Healthcare Delivery: Audit Evidence from Primary Care Providers in India

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7334
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Jishnu Das, Alaka Holla, Aakash Mohpal and Karthik Muralidharan
Georgetown UniversityGeorgetown University, World Bank, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
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Health Economics & Finance, De Facto Governments, Democratic Government, Public Sector Administrative and Civil Service Reform, Economics and Finance of Public Institution Development, Public Sector Administrative & Civil Service Reform

Disrupting Education? Experimental Evidence on Technology-Aided Instruction in India

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6328
Number of pages: 88 Posted: 01 Mar 2017
Karthik Muralidharan, Abhijeet Singh and Alejandro Ganimian
University of California, San Diego (UCSD), University of Oxford and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)
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computer-aided learning, productivity in education, personalized learning, teaching at the right level, post-primary education, middle school, secondary school

Disrupting Education? Experimental Evidence on Technology-Aided Instruction in India

NBER Working Paper No. w22923
Number of pages: 84 Posted: 12 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 19 Feb 2023
Karthik Muralidharan, Abhijeet Singh and Alejandro Ganimian
University of California, San Diego (UCSD), University of Oxford and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)
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School Inputs, Household Substitution, and Test Scores

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5629
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Georgetown UniversityGeorgetown University, University of Oxford - Department of Economics, Georgetown University, University of Oxford - Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and World Bank
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Tertiary Education, Education For All, Access to Finance, Teaching and Learning, Disability

School Inputs, Household Substitution, and Test Scores

NBER Working Paper No. w16830
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 02 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 28 Jun 2023
Georgetown UniversityGeorgetown University, University of Oxford - Department of Economics, Georgetown University, University of Oxford - Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and World Bank
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Cycling to School: Increasing Secondary School Enrollment for Girls in India

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7585
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 14 Sep 2013
Karthik Muralidharan and Nishith Prakash
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and University of Connecticut
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conditional transfers, school access, gender gaps, bicycle, girls' education, female empowerment, India, Bihar, MDG

Cycling to School: Increasing Secondary School Enrollment for Girls in India

NBER Working Paper No. w19305
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 17 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 02 Apr 2023
Karthik Muralidharan and Nishith Prakash
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and University of Connecticut
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Teacher Performance Pay: Experimental Evidence from India

NBER Working Paper No. w15323
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 08 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 15 May 2023
Karthik Muralidharan and Venkatesh Sundararaman
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and World Bank
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Contract Teachers: Experimental Evidence from India

NBER Working Paper No. w19440
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 28 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 13 Feb 2022
Karthik Muralidharan and Venkatesh Sundararaman
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and World Bank
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The Fiscal Cost of Weak Governance: Evidence from Teacher Absence in India

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7579
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Karthik Muralidharan, Jishnu Das, Alaka Holla and Aakash Mohpal
University of California, San Diego (UCSD), Georgetown UniversityGeorgetown University, World Bank and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
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Educational Institutions & Facilities, Effective Schools and Teachers, Educational Sciences

The Fiscal Cost of Weak Governance: Evidence from Teacher Absence in India

NBER Working Paper No. w20299
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 24 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 19 Jun 2023
Karthik Muralidharan, Jishnu Das, Alaka Holla and Aakash Mohpal
University of California, San Diego (UCSD), Georgetown UniversityGeorgetown University, World Bank and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
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Factorial Designs, Model Selection, and (Incorrect) Inference in Randomized Experiments

CESifo Working Paper No. 8137
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 10 Mar 2020
Karthik Muralidharan, Mauricio Romero and Kaspar Wuthrich
University of California, San Diego (UCSD), ITAM, Centro de Investigación Económica and University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
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randomized controlled trial, factorial designs, cross-cut designs, field experiments

Factorial Designs, Model Selection, and (Incorrect) Inference in Randomized Experiments

NBER Working Paper No. w26562
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 16 Dec 2019 Last Revised: 29 Jan 2023
Karthik Muralidharan, Mauricio Romero and Kaspar Wuthrich
University of California, San Diego (UCSD), ITAM, Centro de Investigación Económica and University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
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Inputs, Incentives, and Complementarities in Education: Experimental Evidence from Tanzania

NBER Working Paper No. w24876
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 01 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 22 Jun 2023
University of Virginia, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), ITAM, Centro de Investigación Económica, Twaweza, Yale University, Department of Political Science, Students and Twaweza
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Improving Last-Mile Service Delivery Using Phone-Based Monitoring

NBER Working Paper No. w25298
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 26 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 15 Feb 2023
Karthik Muralidharan, Paul Niehaus, Sandip Sukhtankar and Jeffrey Weaver
University of California, San Diego (UCSD), University of California, San Diego (UCSD), Dartmouth College and University of Southern California
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Quality and Accountability in Healthcare Delivery: Audit-Study Evidence from Primary Care in India

NBER Working Paper No. w21405
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 03 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 28 Jun 2023
Jishnu Das, Alaka Holla, Aakash Mohpal and Karthik Muralidharan
Georgetown UniversityGeorgetown University, World Bank, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
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Experimentation at Scale

NBER Working Paper No. w23957
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 23 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 18 Jun 2023
Karthik Muralidharan and Paul Niehaus
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
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Personnel Management and School Productivity: Evidence from India

NBER Working Paper No. w28336
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 12 Jan 2021 Last Revised: 13 Jan 2023
Renata Lemos, Karthik Muralidharan and Daniela Scur
World Bank, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
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General Equilibrium Effects of (Improving) Public Employment Programs: Experimental Evidence from India

NBER Working Paper No. w23838
Number of pages: 103 Posted: 18 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 19 Feb 2023
Karthik Muralidharan, Paul Niehaus and Sandip Sukhtankar
University of California, San Diego (UCSD), University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and Dartmouth College
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Double for Nothing? Experimental Evidence on the Impact of an Unconditional Teacher Salary Increase on Student Performance in Indonesia

NBER Working Paper No. w21806
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 20 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 30 Jan 2023
World Bank, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, School of Business and Economics and World Bank
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Building State Capacity: Evidence from Biometric Smartcards in India

NBER Working Paper No. w19999
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 24 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2023
Karthik Muralidharan, Paul Niehaus and Sandip Sukhtankar
University of California, San Diego (UCSD), University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and Dartmouth College
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The Aggregate Effect of School Choice: Evidence from a Two-Stage Experiment in India

NBER Working Paper No. w19441
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 05 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 13 Feb 2023
Karthik Muralidharan and Venkatesh Sundararaman
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and World Bank
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Improving Public Sector Management at Scale? Experimental Evidence on School Governance India

NBER Working Paper No. w28129
Number of pages: 103 Posted: 23 Nov 2020 Last Revised: 12 May 2023
Karthik Muralidharan and Abhijeet Singh
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and University of Oxford
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Bridging Education Gender Gaps in Developing Countries: The Role of Female Teachers

NBER Working Paper No. w19341
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 31 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 08 May 2022
Karthik Muralidharan and Ketki Sheth
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and University of California, Merced - Department of Economics
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Identity Verification Standards in Welfare Programs: Experimental Evidence from India

NBER Working Paper No. w26744
Number of pages: 86 Posted: 11 Feb 2020 Last Revised: 28 Jan 2023
Karthik Muralidharan, Paul Niehaus and Sandip Sukhtankar
University of California, San Diego (UCSD), University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and University of Virginia - Department of Economics
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Augmenting State Capacity for Child Development: Experimental Evidence from India

NBER Working Paper No. w28780
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 10 May 2021 Last Revised: 20 Feb 2022
Alejandro Jorge Ganimian, Karthik Muralidharan and Christopher Walters
New York University (NYU), University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics
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Experimentally Validating Welfare Evaluation of School Vouchers: Part I

NBER Working Paper No. w29077
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 26 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 14 Jun 2023
Duke University - Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), Amazon and University of Rochester - Department of Economics
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Cash Transfers for Child Development: Experimental Evidence from India

NBER Working Paper No. w32093
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 29 Jan 2024
Jeffrey Weaver, Sandip Sukhtankar, Paul Niehaus and Karthik Muralidharan
University of Southern California, University of Virginia - Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
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Experimentally Validating Welfare Evaluation of School Vouchers

NBER Working Paper No. w32968
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 24 Sep 2024
Peter Arcidiacono, Karthik Muralidharan and John D. Singleton
Duke University - Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and University of Rochester - Department of Economics
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