Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/263621 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 15405
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper investigates the impact of parenting courses on families' time use with their children in urban areas in Italy. Courses aimed at raising parental awareness of the importance of educational activities were offered in four cities (Naples, Reggio Emilia, Teramo and Palermo) within the framework of the social program "FA.C.E. Farsi Comunità Educanti". In order to conduct the impact evaluation, we designed a randomized controlled trial involving random assignment of the families (mostly mothers). At the end of the intervention, we administered an assessment questionnaire both to the treatment group, which took the course, and to the control group, which did not. Comparing the outcomes, we find that attending the course increased families' awareness of the importance of educational activities for children, reading often to the children and spending more time with them.
Subjects: 
parenting
use of time
educational activities
randomized controlled trial
JEL: 
J13
D1
I26
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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