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Patrick J. McEwan

Professor of Economics, Wellesley College
Verified email at wellesley.edu
Cited by 9302

Improving learning in primary schools of developing countries: A meta-analysis of randomized experiments

PJ McEwan - Review of educational research, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
I gathered 77 randomized experiments (with 111 treatment arms) that evaluated the effects of
school-based interventions on learning in developing-country primary schools. On average…

The potential impact of large-scale voucher programs

PJ McEwan - Review of Educational Research, 2000 - journals.sagepub.com
This review assesses the potential impact of large-scale voucher programs, drawing on
empirical literature in economics, education, and sociology. The discussion is guided by three …

[BOOK][B] Cost-effectiveness analysis: Methods and applications

HM Levin, PJ McEwan - 2001 - books.google.com
" Why should applied researchers be concerned with cost-effectiveness analysis? Answer:
Because it will enable them to discover if a particular program or policy has attained …

Cost-effectiveness analysis of education and health interventions in developing countries

PJ McEwan - Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
High-quality impact evaluations, including randomised experiments, are increasingly popular,
but cannot always inform resource allocation decisions unless the costs of interventions …

The effectiveness and efficiency of private schools in Chile's voucher system

PJ McEwan, M Carnoy - Educational evaluation and policy …, 2000 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper assesses the relative effectiveness and efficiency of private and public schools
in Chile, where the military government implemented a national voucher plan in 1980. Non-…

The central role of noise in evaluating interventions that use test scores to rank schools

KY Chay, PJ McEwan, M Urquiola - American Economic Review, 2005 - aeaweb.org
Many programs reward or penalize schools based on students' average performance. Mean
reversion is a potentially serious hindrance to the evaluation of such interventions. Chile's …

Peer effects on student achievement: Evidence from Chile

PJ McEwan - Economics of education review, 2003 - Elsevier
This paper reports estimates of peer effects on student achievement, using a 1997 census
of eighth-grade achievement in Chile. The data allow detailed measures of peer …

[BOOK][B] Making sense of research: What's good, what's not, and how to tell the difference

EK McEwan, PJ McEwan - 2003 - books.google.com
… Making Sense of Research by Elaine and Patrick McEwan is the most effective attempt
that I have seen to assist decision makers in sifting through scientific claims about …

The benefits of delayed primary school enrollment: Discontinuity estimates using exact birth dates

PJ McEwan, JS Shapiro - Journal of human Resources, 2008 - jhr.uwpress.org
Patrick J. McEwan is an associate professor of economics at Wellesley College. Joseph S. …
August 2008 through July 2011 from Patrick McEwan, Wellesley College, pmcewan@…

The effectiveness of public, catholic, and non-religious private schools in Chile's voucher system

PJ McEwan - Education economics, 2001 - Taylor & Francis
In 1980, Chile began financing public and most private schools with vouchers. This paper
uses 1997 data on over 150 000 Chilean eighth-graders to compare Spanish and …