PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Lavy, Victor
AU  - Lotti, Giulia
AU  - Yan, Zizhong
TI  - Empowering Mothers and Enhancing Early Childhood Investment
AID  - 10.3368/jhr.57.3.0917-9083R2
DP  - 2022 May 01
TA  - Journal of Human Resources
PG  - 821--867
VI  - 57
IP  - 3
4099  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/57/3/821.short
4100  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/57/3/821.full
SO  - J Hum Resour2022 May 01; 57
AB  - Empowering women and enhancing children’s early development are two important goals often pursued via independent policy initiatives. In this work we study a unique approach that targets both at the same time. AVSI, an Italian NGO, provides family advisor-guided parent training sessions in a poor neighborhood of Quito, Ecuador. We find that the program empowered women in various dimensions, including higher likelihood of employment in the formal sector and wages. Treated mothers have a greater role in intrahousehold decisions, especially on children’s education and discipline, and increased parental inputs into their children’s development. Treated children improve their cognitive and noncognitive skills.