Enhancing Human Capital in Children: A Case Study on Scaling / Francesco Agostinelli, Ciro Avitabile, Matteo Bobba.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Agostinelli, Francesco.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Avitabile, Ciro.

Bobba, Matteo.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w31407.

NBER working paper series no. w31407

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2023.

Summary:

This paper provides novel insights into the science of scaling by examining an educational mentoring program in Mexico. The 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, which emerges as a critical factor for the scalability of the program. Our findings offer compelling evidence on the socially determined drivers of education interventions at scale.

Notes:

Print version record

June 2023.