%A Francesco Agostinelli
%A Ciro Avitabile
%A Matteo Bobba
%J European Journal of Political Economy
%T Enhancing Human Capital in Children: A Case Study on Scaling
%X 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.
%D 2024
%C Amsterdam
%I Elsevier
%L publications49370