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Reducing Parent-School Information Gaps and Improving Education Outcomes: Evidence from High-Frequency Text Messages

Samuel Berlinski, Matias Busso, Taryn Dinkelman and Claudia Martínez A.
Published online before print November 10, 2022, 1121-11992R2; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.1121-11992R2
Samuel Berlinski
Berlinski: Inter-American Development Bank and IZA, .
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Matias Busso
Busso: Inter-American Development Bank, .
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Taryn Dinkelman
Dinkelman: University of Notre Dame, NBER, BREAD, CEPR and IZA, .
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Claudia Martínez A.
Martínez A.: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, J-PAL and Millennium Nucleus on Intergenerational Mobility: From Modelling to Policy (MOVI) [NCS2021072], .
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Abstract

We conducted an experiment in low-income urban schools in Chile to test the effects and behavioral changes triggered by a program that sends attendance, grade, and classroom behavior information to parents via weekly and monthly text messages. Our 18-month intervention raised average math scores by 0.09 of a standard deviation and increased the share of students satisfying attendance requirements for grade promotion by 4.7 percentage points. Treatment effects were larger for students at higher risk of later grade retention and dropout. Our results demonstrate that communicating existing school information to parents frequently can shrink parent-school information gaps and improve school outcomes in a light-touch, scalable, and cost-effective way.

JEL classifications:
  • I25
  • D8
  • N36
Keywords:
  • Education
  • Information experiment
  • Parent-School communication
  • Chile

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Samuel Berlinski, Matias Busso, Taryn Dinkelman, Claudia Martínez A.
Journal of Human Resources Nov 2022, 1121-11992R2; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.1121-11992R2

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Reducing Parent-School Information Gaps and Improving Education Outcomes: Evidence from High-Frequency Text Messages
Samuel Berlinski, Matias Busso, Taryn Dinkelman, Claudia Martínez A.
Journal of Human Resources Nov 2022, 1121-11992R2; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.1121-11992R2
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