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An Accidental Experiment: With Guests Steven Levitt, Solomon Ezra & Stephen Spector

Choiceology with Katy Milkman

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The Effects of Random Airlifts on School Quality

Many of the Ethiopian children rescued as part of what was known as Operation Solomon were sent to boarding schools around Israel. This quasi-random dispersion of kids to different schools presented a unique opportunity to study educational outcomes. Economists Eric D. Gould, Victor Lavie and M. Denyelly Pazerman published a paper in 2004 using what they call the natural or accidental experiment of this airlift.

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