Agostinelli, Francesco, Avitabile, Ciro and Bobba, Matteo (2022) Enhancing Human Capital in Children: A Case Study on Scaling. TSE Working Paper, n. 21-1196, Toulouse

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Abstract

A two-year randomized evaluation shows that the effectiveness of multi-tasking mentors on schooling outcomes crucially depends on their training. While a standard training modality in highly marginalized communities in Mexico generates null results, enhanced training yields sizable treatment effects on primary school children's cognitive, behavioral, and educational achievements. This difference cannot be explained by remedial educational activities or pedagogical support, but it can be reconciled with higher parental aspirations and investments. Evidence gathered on the subsequent national roll out of the intervention with enhanced training substantiates the external validity of our findings.

Item Type: Monograph (Working Paper)
Language: English
Date: 21 August 2022
Place of Publication: Toulouse
Uncontrolled Keywords: Children’s Skills, Parental Investment and Community Engagement, Sci-ence of Scaling
JEL Classification: C90 - General
C93 - Field Experiments
D02 - Institutions - Design, Formation, and Operations
I3 - Welfare and Poverty
J1 - Demographic Economics
Subjects: B- ECONOMIE ET FINANCE
Divisions: TSE-R (Toulouse)
Institution: Université Toulouse 1 Capitole
Site: UT1
Date Deposited: 18 Mar 2021 08:26
Last Modified: 20 Oct 2023 12:45
OAI Identifier: oai:tse-fr.eu:125427
URI: https://publications.ut-capitole.fr/id/eprint/43031
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