Essays on Human Capital in Bangladesh

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Essays on Human Capital in Bangladesh "
Polley, Thomas Harrison Field, Erica M.

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1051440
Doc. No	:	TL50557
Main Entry	:	Polley, Thomas Harrison
Title & Author	:	Essays on Human Capital in Bangladesh\ Polley, Thomas HarrisonField, Erica M.
College	:	Duke University
Date	:	2019
Degree	:	Ph.D.
student score	:	2019
Note	:	160 p.
Abstract	:	Health and education are important determinants of economic success and general wellbeing both at the individual and macro levels. Yet individuals often do not appear to invest in these forms of human capital at levels commensurate with their importance. This is especially true in developing countries such as Bangladesh. This dissertation investigates interventions that have been taken to increase investment in health at the household level and education at the student level using the randomized controlled trial (RCT) design and presents simulations and recommendations for future RCTs. An intervention designed to change students' beliefs about the malleability of their own intelligence is shown to be a cost-effective tool for increasing learning. A novel intervention for handwashing is shown to be effective, while other novel methods backed by theory such as chlorine dispensers and disgust-based behavior change messaging are not. An optimal algorithm for assigning subjects to treatment that was developed by Atkinson (1982) is coded, field tested and simulations are provided to show the practically significant gains it can provide.
Descriptor	:	Education
	:	Educational psychology
	:	Educational sociology
	:	Southeast Asian studies
Added Entry	:	Field, Erica M.
Added Entry	:	Duke University