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Reducing Parent–School Information Gaps and Improving Education Outcomes
Evidence from High-Frequency Text Messages
View ORCID ProfileSamuel Berlinski, View ORCID ProfileMatias Busso, View ORCID ProfileTaryn Dinkelman and View ORCID ProfileClaudia Martínez A.
Journal of Human Resources, July 2025, 60 (4) 1284-1322; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.1121-11992R2
Samuel Berlinski
Samuel Berlinski is a Principal Economist at the Research Department of the Inter-American Development Bank and an IZA Research Fellow .
Matias Busso
Matias Busso is a Principal Economist at the Research Department of the Inter-American Development Bank .
Taryn Dinkelman
Taryn Dinkelman is the Loughrey Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Notre Dame, a Faculty Research Associate at NBER, BREAD, CEPR, and IZA, and a J-PAL affiliated professor (corresponding author: ).
Claudia Martínez A.
Claudia Martínez A. is a Full Professor at the Department of Economics of Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, a J-PAL affiliated professor, and Millennium Nucleus on Intergenerational Mobility: From Modelling to Policy (MOVI) [NCS2021072] .

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Journal of Human Resources
Vol. 60, Issue 4
1 Jul 2025
Reducing Parent–School Information Gaps and Improving Education Outcomes
Samuel Berlinski, Matias Busso, Taryn Dinkelman, Claudia Martínez A.
Journal of Human Resources Jul 2025, 60 (4) 1284-1322; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.1121-11992R2
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- Abstract
- I. Introduction
- II. Setting
- III. Experimental Design
- IV. Data
- V. Estimation and Experimental Validity
- VI. Results
- VII. Did the Text Messages Intervention Improve Parent–School Info Gaps and Change Parenting Behaviors?
- VIII. Cost-Effectiveness, Willingness to Pay, and Potential to Scale
- IX. Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- Footnotes
- References
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