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Samuel Berlinski
Researcher at Inter-American Development Bank
Publications - 49
Citations - 1893
Samuel Berlinski is an academic researcher from Inter-American Development Bank. The author has contributed to research in topics: Attendance & Primary education. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 45 publications receiving 1718 citations. Previous affiliations of Samuel Berlinski include Center for Economic and Policy Research & University College London.
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The effect of pre-primary education on primary school performance
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate the effect of a large expansion of universal pre-primary education on subsequent primary school performance in Argentina and find that one year of preprimary schooling increases average third grade test scores by 8 percent of a mean or by 23 percent of the standard deviation of the distribution of test scores.
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Giving children a better start: Preschool attendance and school-age profiles
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of pre-primary education on children's subsequent school outcomes was studied by exploiting a unique feature of the Uruguayan household survey (ECH) that collects retrospective information on preschool attendance in the context of a rapid expansion in the supply of preprimary places.
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The effect of a large expansion of pre-primary school facilities on preschool attendance and maternal employment
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide evidence on the impact of a large-scale construction of pre-primary school facilities in Argentina and find that the implicit childcare subsidy induced by the program appears to increase maternal employment.
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The Length of Ministerial Tenure in the United Kingdom, 1945-97
TL;DR: This paper analyzed the determinants of ministerial hazard rates in Britain from 1945 to 1997, focusing on three sets of attributes (i) personal characteristics of the minister, (ii) political characteristics of a minister, and (iii) characteristics pertaining to the government in which the minister serves).
Book
The Early Years: Child Well-Being and the Role of Public Policy
Samuel Berlinski,Norbert Schady +1 more
TL;DR: This year's edition of Development in the Americas focuses on the well-being of children from conception to 8 years of age and makes the case for public intervention in improving child outcomes.