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Can Public Rankings Improve School Performance?

Evidence from a Nationwide Reform in Tanzania

Jacobus Cilliers, Isaac M. Mbiti and Andrew Zeitlin
Journal of Human Resources, July 2021, 56 (3) 655-685; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.56.3.0119-9969R1
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Isaac M. Mbiti is at University of Virginia, J-PAL, BREAD, NBER, and IZA
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vol. 56 no. 3 655-685
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.56.3.0119-9969R1
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University of Wisconsin Press
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0022-166X
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1548-8004
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  • Received January 1, 2019
  • Accepted August 1, 2019
  • Published online July 13, 2021.

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  1. Jacobus Cilliers⇑,
  2. Isaac M. Mbiti and
  3. Andrew Zeitlin
  1. Jacobus Cilliers is at Georgetown University
  2. Isaac M. Mbiti is at University of Virginia, J-PAL, BREAD, NBER, and IZA
  3. Andrew Zeitlin is at Georgetown University and Center for Global Development
  1. (ejc93{at}georgetown.edu).
  2. (imbiti{at}virginia.edu).
  3. (az332{at}georgetown.edu).
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