RT Journal Article
SR 00
A1 Agostinelli, Francesco
A1 Avitabile, Ciro
A1 Bobba, Matteo
T1 Enhancing Human Capital in Children: A Case Study on Scaling
JF European Journal of Political Economy
YR 2024
FD 2024
AB This paper provides novel insights into the science of scaling by examining an educa-tional mentoring program in Mexico. The empirical analysis encompasses two independent field experiments, and seizes a unique opportunity to learn from the government’s implementation of the same intervention. While the program originally implemented at scale demonstrates limited effectiveness, the introduction of a new modality with enhanced mentor training significantly improves children’s outcomes. Mentor-parent interactions are found to stimulate parental engagement at the community-school level. Our findings support the hypothesis that parents can play an important role in facili-tating the scalability of educational programs.
PB Elsevier
SN 0176-2680
LK https://publications.ut-capitole.fr/id/eprint/49370/
UL http://tse-fr.eu/pub/129330