The Permanent Input Hypothesis : The Case of Textbooks and (No) Student Learning in Sierra Leone

A textbook provision program in Sierra Leone demonstrates how volatility in the flow of government-provided learning inputs to schools can induce storage of these inputs by school administrators to smooth future consumption. This process in turn le...

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Main Authors:	Sabarwal, Shwetlena, Evans, David K., Marshak, Anastasia
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACADEMIC YEAR ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESS TO TEXTBOOKS ASSIGNMENT TO TREATMENT AVERAGE TEST SCORES CLASS TEACHER CLASS TEACHERS CLASS TEACHING CLASSROOM CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR CLASSROOM LEVEL CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT CLASSROOM RATIO CLASSROOM TEACHER CLASSROOM TEACHERS CLASSROOM VISITS CLASSROOMS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION COMMUNITY SCHOOLS CONSTRUCTION OF SCHOOLS CORE TEXTBOOKS DECENTRALIZATION DISPLACEMENT OF TEACHERS DISTRICT EDUCATION ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATION FEES EDUCATION FOR ALL EDUCATION MANAGEMENT EDUCATION OFFICERS EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATION SPENDING EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES EXAM EXAMS FORMAL EDUCATION GER GIRLS GROSS ENROLLMENT GROSS ENROLLMENT RATE HEAD TEACHER HEAD TEACHERS HEAD-TEACHERS HOMEWORK INTERVENTIONS JUNIOR SECONDARY JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS LEARNING MATERIALS LEARNING OUTCOMES LESSON PLANS LITERACY LITERACY TEST LITERACY TESTS LITERATURE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION NUMBER OF SCHOOLS NUMBER OF STUDENTS NUMBER OF TEACHERS NUMBER OF TEXTBOOKS NUMERACY OPEN ACCESS PAMPHLETS PAPERS PAYMENT OF TEACHERS PERFORMANCE IN MATHEMATICS PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS PHYSICAL PUNISHMENT PRIMARY COMPLETION PRIMARY COMPLETION RATE PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL EXAMINATION PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRINCIPALS PRIVATE EDUCATION PRIVATE SCHOOLS PROVISION OF TEXTBOOKS QUALIFIED TEACHERS QUALITY EDUCATION READING RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS REMOTE SCHOOLS RURAL AREAS SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS SCHOOL FEES SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE SCHOOL UNIFORMS SCHOOL-COHORT SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SOCIAL STUDIES SPORTS STUDENT ACCESS STUDENT ATTENDANCE STUDENT ENROLLMENT STUDENT LEARNING STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES STUDENT OUTCOMES STUDENT PERFORMANCE STUDENT PROGRESS STUDENT TEACHER RATIO STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO SUBJECTS TEACHER TEACHER BEHAVIOR TEACHER BEHAVIORS TEACHER EXPECTATIONS TEACHER MOTIVATION TEACHER QUALITY TEACHER TEACHER TEACHER TRAINING TEACHERS TEACHING TEACHING MATERIALS TENURE TEST SCORES TEXTBOOK TEXTBOOK DELIVERY TEXTBOOK DISTRIBUTION TEXTBOOK PROVISION TEXTBOOKS TUITION TUITION FEES UNIVERSAL BASIC EDUCATION USE OF TEXTBOOKS VISITS TO CLASSROOMS VOUCHERS YOUTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/09/20173246/permanent-input-hypothesis-case-textbooks-no-student-learning-sierra-leone http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20339