Justin Sandefur

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• Center for Global Development (CGD)
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author of:

• Labour Market Flexibility, Wages and Incomes in Sub‐Saharan Africa in the 1990s
  African Development Review, African Development Bank (2006)
  by Geeta Kingdon & Justin Sandefur & Francis Teal
  (ReDIF-article, adb:adbadr:928)
• Learning from Experiments When Context Matters
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2015)
  by Lant Pritchett & Justin Sandefur
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:105:y:2015:i:5:p:471-75)
• Outsourcing Education: Experimental Evidence from Liberia
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2020)
  by Mauricio Romero & Justin Sandefur & Wayne Aaron Sandholtz
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:110:y:2020:i:2:p:364-400)
• Scaling up education interventions in Kenya: the importance of institutions
  PEP Policy Briefs, Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP) (2012)
  by Bold, Tessa & Kimenyi, Mwangi & Mwabu, Germano & Ng’ang’a, Alice & Sandefur, Justin
  (ReDIF-paper, ags:peppbr:159927)
• The New Era of Unconditional Convergence
  Working Papers, Ashoka University, Department of Economics (2021)
  by Dev Patel & Justin Sandefur & Arvind Subramanian
  (ReDIF-paper, ash:wpaper:54)
• Context Matters for Size: Why External Validity Claims and Development Practice do not Mix
  Journal of Globalization and Development, De Gruyter (2014)
  by Pritchett Lant & Sandefur Justin
  (ReDIF-article, bpj:globdv:v:4:y:2014:i:2:p:161-197:n:5)
• Girls’ Schooling and Women’s Literacy: Schooling Targets Alone Won’t Reach Learning Goals
  Policy Papers, Center for Global Development (2017)
  by Lant Pritchett & Justin Sandefur
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:ppaper:104)
• Why Did Abolishing Fees Not Increase Public School Enrollment in Kenya?- Working Paper 271
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2011)
  by Tessa Bold, Mwangi Kimenyi, Germano Mwabu, Justin Sandefur
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:271)
• The High Return to Private Schooling in a Low-Income Country- Working Paper 279
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2011)
  by Tessa Bold, Mwangi Kimenyi, Germano Mwabu, Justin Sandefur
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:279)
• Context Matters for Size: Why External Validity Claims and Development Practice Don't Mix-Working Paper 336
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2013)
  by Lant Pritchett, Justin Sandefur
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:336)
• We Just Ran Twenty-Three Million Queries of the World Bank's Website - Working Paper 362
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2014)
  by Sarah Dykstra, Benjamin Dykstra, and Justin Sandefur
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:362)
• The Price of Empowerment: Experimental Evidence on Land Titling in Tanzania - Working Paper 369
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2014)
  by Daniel Ayalew Ali, Matt Collin, Klaus Deininger, Stefan Dercon, Justin Sandefur, and Andrew Zeitlin
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:369)
• The Political Economy of Bad Data: Evidence from African Survey & Administrative Studies- Working Paper 373
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2014)
  by Justin Sandefur and Amanda Glassman
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:373)
• Costing a Data Revolution - Working Paper 383
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2014)
  by Gabriel Demombynes and Justin Sandefur
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:383)
• The Impact of Gavi on Vaccination Rates: Regression Discontinuity Evidence - Working Paper 394
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2015)
  by Sarah Dykstra, Amanda Glassman, Charles Kenny, and Justin Sandefur
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:394)
• Internationally Comparable Mathematics Scores for Fourteen African Countries - Working Paper 444
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2016)
  by Justin Sandefur
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:444)
• Measuring Rents from Public Employment: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Kenya - Working Paper 457
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2017)
  by Nicholas Barton & Tessa Bold & Justin Sandefur
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:457)
• Can Outsourcing Improve Liberia’s Schools? Preliminary Results from Year One of a Three-Year Randomized Evaluation of Partnership Schools for Liberia
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2017)
  by Mauricio Romero & Justin Sandefur & Wayne Aaron Sandholtz
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:462)
• Beyond Short-term Learning Gains: The Impact of Outsourcing Schools in Liberia after Three Years
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2019)
  by Mauricio Romero & Justin Sandefur
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:521)
• The IMF’s Growth Forecasts for Poor Countries Don’t Match Its COVID Narrative
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2020)
  by Justin Sandefur & Arvind Subramanian
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:533)
• Predicted COVID-19 Fatality Rates Based on Age, Sex, Comorbidities, and Health System Capacity
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2020)
  by Selene Ghisolfi & Ingvild Almås & Justin Sandefur & Tillmann von Carnap & Jesse Heitner & Tessa Bold
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:535)
• Deliberative Democracy and the Resource Curse: A Nationwide Experiment in Tanzania
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2020)
  by Justin Sandefur & Nancy Birdsall & James Fishkin & Mujobu Moyo
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:548)
• A Rosetta Stone for Human Capital
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2020)
  by Dev Patel & Justin Sandefur
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:550)
• Is the World Bank’s COVID Crisis Lending Big Enough, Fast Enough? New Evidence on Loan Disbursements
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2020)
  by Julian Duggan & Scott Morris & Justin Sandefur & George Yang
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:554)
• The Macroeconomics of Pandemics around the World: Lives versus Livelihoods Revisited
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2020)
  by Ingvild Almås & Tessa Bold & Tillmann von Carnap & Selene Ghisolfi & Justin Sandefur
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:555)
• The New Era of Unconditional Convergence
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2021)
  by Dev Patel & Justin Sandefur & Arvind Subramanian
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:566)
• Do High-Stakes Exams Promote Consistent Educational Standards?
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2021)
  by Jack Rossiter & Might K. Abreh & Aisha Ali & Justin Sandefur
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:581)
• Three New Estimates of India’s All-Cause Excess Mortality during the COVID-19 Pandemic
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2021)
  by Abhishek Anand & Justin Sandefur & Arvind Subramanian
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:589)
• Live Tutoring Calls Did Not Improve Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Sierra Leone
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2021)
  by Lee Crawfurd & David K. Evans & Susannah Hares & Justin Sandefur
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:591)
• Understanding Education Policy Preferences: Survey Experiments with Policymakers in 35 Developing Countries
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2021)
  by Lee Crawfurd & Susannah Hares & Ana Minardi & Justin Sandefur
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:596)
• The Long-Run Decline of Education Quality in the Developing World
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2022)
  by Alexis Le Nestour & Laura Moscoviz & Justin Sandefur
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:608)
• How Much Would Reducing Lead Exposure Improve Children’s Learning in the Developing World?
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2023)
  by Lee Crawfurd & Rory Todd & Susannah Hares & Justin Sandefur & Rachel Silverman Bonnifield
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:650)
• Phonics and Foreign Aid: Can America Teach the World to Read?
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2023)
  by Justin Sandefur & Thomaz Alvares de Azevedo & Xiaomin Ju & Thi Le
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:668)
• The Evolution of World Bank Lending for Education: 1998-2022
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2024)
  by Biniam Bedasso & Justin Sandefur
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:685)
• Long-Distance Industrial Policy for Africa
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2024)
  by Justin Sandefur & Arvind Subramanian
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:689)
• Measuring Rents from Public Employment: Regression discontinuity evidence from Kenya
  CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2017)
  by Bold, Tessa & Barton, Nicholas & Sandefur, Justin
  (ReDIF-paper, cpr:ceprdp:12105)
• Does Doing an Apprenticeship Pay Off? Evidence from Ghana
  CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford (2008)
  by Courtney Monk & Justin Sandefur & Francis Teal
  (ReDIF-paper, csa:wpaper:2008-08)
• Learning & Earning in Africa: Where are the Returns to Education High?
  CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford (2010)
  by Neil Rankin & Justin Sandefur & Francis Teal
  (ReDIF-paper, csa:wpaper:2010-02)
• The Returns to formality and Informality in Urban Africa
  CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford (2010)
  by Paolo Falco & Andrew Kerr & Neil Rankin & Justin Sandefur & Francis Teal
  (ReDIF-paper, csa:wpaper:2010-03)
• On the Evolution of the Firm Size Distribution in an African Economy
  CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford (2010)
  by Justin Sandefur
  (ReDIF-paper, csa:wpaper:2010-05)
• Does Abolishing Fees Reduce School Quality? Evidence from Kenya
  CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford (2011)
  by Tessa Bold & Mwangi Kimenyi & Germano Mwabu & Justin Sandefur
  (ReDIF-paper, csa:wpaper:2011-04)
• Scaling-up What Works: Experimental Evidence on External Validity in Kenyan Education
  CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford (2013)
  by Tessa Bold & Mwangi Kimenyi & Germano Mwabu & Alice Ng'ang'a & Justin Sandefur
  (ReDIF-paper, csa:wpaper:2013-04)
• The Price of Empowerment: Experimental Evidence on Land Titling in Tanzania
  CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford (2014)
  by Daniel Ayalew Ali & Matthew Collin & Klaus Deininger & Stefan Dercon & Justin Sandefur & Andrew Zeitlin
  (ReDIF-paper, csa:wpaper:2014-23)
• Falling Off the Map: The Impact of Formalizing (Some) Informal Settlements in Tanzania
  CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford (2015)
  by Matthew Collin & Justin Sandefur & Andrew Zeitlin
  (ReDIF-paper, csa:wpaper:2015-09)
• Small price incentives increase women's access to land titles in Tanzania
  Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2016)
  by Ali, Daniel Ayalew & Collin, Matthew & Deininger, Klaus & Dercon, Stefan & Sandefur, Justin & Zeitlin, Andrew
  (ReDIF-article, eee:deveco:v:123:y:2016:i:c:p:107-122)
• Regression discontinuity analysis of Gavi's impact on vaccination rates
  Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2019)
  by Dykstra, Sarah & Glassman, Amanda & Kenny, Charles & Sandefur, Justin
  (ReDIF-article, eee:deveco:v:140:y:2019:i:c:p:12-25)
• The new era of unconditional convergence
  Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2021)
  by Patel, Dev & Sandefur, Justin & Subramanian, Arvind
  (ReDIF-article, eee:deveco:v:152:y:2021:i:c:s030438782100064x)
• The macroeconomics of pandemics around the world: Lives versus livelihoods revisited
  Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2023)
  by Almås, Ingvild & Bold, Tessa & von Carnap, Tillmann & Ghisolfi, Selene & Sandefur, Justin
  (ReDIF-article, eee:deveco:v:163:y:2023:i:c:s0304387823000548)
• Live tutoring calls did not improve learning during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sierra Leone
  Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2023)
  by Crawfurd, Lee & Evans, David K. & Hares, Susannah & Sandefur, Justin
  (ReDIF-article, eee:deveco:v:164:y:2023:i:c:s030438782300069x)
• Internationally comparable mathematics scores for fourteen african countries
  Economics of Education Review, Elsevier (2018)
  by Sandefur, Justin
  (ReDIF-article, eee:ecoedu:v:62:y:2018:i:c:p:267-286)
• Girls’ schooling and women’s literacy: schooling targets alone won’t reach learning goals
  International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier (2020)
  by Pritchett, Lant & Sandefur, Justin
  (ReDIF-article, eee:injoed:v:78:y:2020:i:c:s0738059320304016)
• The returns to formality and informality in urban Africa
  Labour Economics, Elsevier (2011)
  by Falco, Paolo & Kerr, Andrew & Rankin, Neil & Sandefur, Justin & Teal, Francis
  (ReDIF-article, eee:labeco:v:18:y:2011:i:s1:p:s23-s31)
• Experimental evidence on scaling up education reforms in Kenya
  Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2018)
  by Bold, Tessa & Kimenyi, Mwangi & Mwabu, Germano & Ng’ang’a, Alice & Sandefur, Justin
  (ReDIF-article, eee:pubeco:v:168:y:2018:i:c:p:1-20)
• World Bank grants for global vaccination — why so slow?
  Nature, Nature (2021)
  by Justin Sandefur
  (ReDIF-article, nat:nature:v:594:y:2021:i:7864:d:10.1038_d41586-021-01678-5)
• Beyond Short-Term Learning Gains: the Impact of Outsourcing Schools in Liberia After Three Years
  The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2022)
  by Mauricio Romero & Justin Sandefur
  (ReDIF-article, oup:econjl:v:132:y:2022:i:644:p:1600-1619.)
• Public and Private Provision of Education in Kenya
  Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies (2013)
  by Tessa Bold & Mwangi S. Kimenyi & Justin Sandefur
  (ReDIF-article, oup:jafrec:v:22:y:2013:i:suppl_2:p:-ii56)
• Can Free Provision Reduce Demand for Public Services? Evidence from Kenyan Education
  The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank (2015)
  by Tessa Bold & Mwangi Kimenyi & Germano Mwabu & Justin Sandefur
  (ReDIF-article, oup:wbecrv:v:29:y:2015:i:2:p:293-326.)
• Labor Market Flexibility, Wages and Incomes in sub-Saharan Africa in the 1990s
  Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2005)
  by Francis Teal & Geeta Kingdon & Justin Sandefur
  (ReDIF-paper, oxf:wpaper:gprg-wps-030)
• African poverty through the lens of labor economics: Earnings & mobility in three countries
  Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2006)
  by Justin Sandefur & Pieter Serneels & Francis Teal
  (ReDIF-paper, oxf:wpaper:gprg-wps-060)
• The Political Economy of Bad Data: Evidence from African Survey and Administrative Statistics
  Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2015)
  by Justin Sandefur & Amanda Glassman
  (ReDIF-article, taf:jdevst:v:51:y:2015:i:2:p:116-132)
• Can free provision reduce demand for public services ? evidence from Kenyan education
  Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2013)
  by Bold, Tessa & Kimenyi, Mwangi & Mwabu, Germano & Sandefur, Justin
  (ReDIF-paper, wbk:wbrwps:6685)
• The price of empowerment : experimental evidence on land titling in Tanzania
  Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2014)
  by Ali, Daniel Ayalew & Collin, Matthew & Deininger, Klaus & Dercon, Stefan & Sandefur, Justin & Zeitlin, Andrew
  (ReDIF-paper, wbk:wbrwps:6908)
• Costing a Data Revolution
  World Economics, World Economics, 1 Ivory Square, Plantation Wharf, London, United Kingdom, SW11 3UE (2015)
  by Gabriel Demombynes & Justin Sandefur
  (ReDIF-article, wej:wldecn:619)