Impacts of a Large-Scale Parenting Program: Experimental Evidence from Chile

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Carneiro, Pedro; Galasso, Emanuela; Garcia, Italo Lopez; Bedregal, Paula; Cordero, Miguel
• 署名单位: University of London; London School Economics & Political Science; University College London; Norwegian School of Economics (NHH); The World Bank; University of Southern California; IZA Institute Labor Economics; Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile; Universidad del Desarrollo; University of Bristol
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0022-3808
• DOI: 10.1086/727288
• 发表日期: 2024
• 页码: 1113-1161
• 关键词: follow-up; nutrition interventions; responsive stimulation; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; young-children; low-income; outcomes; HEALTH; supplementation; TECHNOLOGY

摘要

We present results from a large-scale experimental evaluation of a national parenting program in Chile. The program is low cost: it lasts only 6-8 weeks, and it is administered to groups of eight to 12 parents. It is implemented by the national health system, taking advantage of its existing physical infrastructure and human resources. We find that 3 years after the interventions ends, children whose parents are offered the opportunity to participate in this program increase their vocabulary and socioemotional development scores by 0.1 standard deviations, mirrored by similar improvements in caregiver's parenting behaviors and beliefs.