Happy to see a nice summary of our paper on the March issue of @nber.org digest:

“The Unintended Consequences of Merit-Based Teacher Reform in Colombia.”

Can merit-based selection of public teachers necessarily leads to student’s learning gains?

Not always

#EconSky
www.nber.org/digest/20250...

This graph is astonishing. Check the value for 2024, and we expect a way larger number for 2025.

Otherwise, you can access the paper in the following links:

docs.iza.org/dp17542.pdf

www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

I go to the center of this debate showing that rural children in developing countries are more affected, with long term implications.

A heavy rainy season in Colombia (the most pronounced in 50 years which raised rainfall in around 1 SD) induced 8% of rural children to drop out of school‼️ 😲

📢 New Paper Acceptance Alert! #EDCC

Natural disasters widen the urban-rural education gap.

📚🌧️ Colombia's 2010-2011 floods increased dropout rates & lower learning outcomes for a decade, while urban students remained unaffected.

#Education #ClimateImpact #EconSky @dynarski.bsky.social

I go to the center of this debate showing that rural children in developing countries are more affected, with long term implications.

A heavy rainy season in Colombia (the most pronounced in 50 years which raised rainfall in around 1 SD) induced 8% of rural children to drop out of school‼️ 😲