Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/236223 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14192
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
A two-year randomized evaluation shows that the effectiveness of multi-tasking men- tors 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.
Subjects: 
pedagogical practices
remedial education
family investments
educational investments
scaling-up effects
JEL: 
H43
I10
I20
I38
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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