Empowering parents to improve education: Evidence from rural Mexico

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Gertler, Paul J.; Patrinos, Harry Anthony; Rubio-Codina, Marta
• 署名单位: The World Bank; University of California System; University of California Berkeley; University of London; London School Economics & Political Science
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0304-3878
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2011.09.004
• 发表日期: 2012
• 页码: 68-79
• 关键词: School-based management; Impact evaluation; Mexico

摘要

We examine a very inexpensive program in Mexico that involves parents directly in the management of schools located in disadvantaged rural communities. The program, known as AGE, finances parent associations and motivates parental participation by involving them in the management of primary school grants. We find that AGE reduced grade failure by 7.4% and grade repetition by 5.5% in grades 1 through 3. However, while AGE was effective in poor communities, it had no effect in extremely poor communities. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.