May 7, 2025
Do language mismatches affect grade repetition?
A study looked at how a mismatch between the language spoken at home and the medium of instruction at school can affect children's education. Here's what it found.
Anirudh Tagat is a researcher at the Department of Economics, Monk Prayogshala, Mumbai. Anirudh holds a joint PhD in economics from the IIT Bombay and Monash University Research Academy and an MSc in Economics from the University of Warwick. Anirudh’s work has been published in the Review of Development Economics, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of South Asian Development, and has been awarded grant funding from various international agencies.
Behavioural and experimental economics, development economics, academic research
Jyoti Dalal School of Liberal Arts and School of Business Management, NMIMS; Meghnad Desai Academy of Economics (MDAE)