TY - UNPB
T1 - Effectively involving low-SES parents in human capital development
T2 - Evidence from a field experiment
AU - Haelermans, Carla
AU - Ghysels, Joris
PY - 2019/10/8
Y1 - 2019/10/8
N2 - In this paper we analyze the effect of involving parents in human capital investment. We study the effect of a parental app on student effort in a digital homework practice tool, and its effect on subsequent human capital development. The randomized field experiment includes more than 2000 7-9 grade students of 2 schools and we specifically focus on different socio-economic status (SES) groups. The results indicate that parental involvement via an app positively affects effort and human capital development of 7th and 8th grade students, but not of 9th grade students. The positive effects are mainly driven by low-SES students and are larger for males.
AB - In this paper we analyze the effect of involving parents in human capital investment. We study the effect of a parental app on student effort in a digital homework practice tool, and its effect on subsequent human capital development. The randomized field experiment includes more than 2000 7-9 grade students of 2 schools and we specifically focus on different socio-economic status (SES) groups. The results indicate that parental involvement via an app positively affects effort and human capital development of 7th and 8th grade students, but not of 9th grade students. The positive effects are mainly driven by low-SES students and are larger for males.
KW - parental involvement
KW - randomized field experiment
KW - socio-economic status (SES)
KW - student effort
KW - human capital devleopment
KW - secondary education
U2 - 10.26481/umaror.2019008
DO - 10.26481/umaror.2019008
M3 - Working paper
T3 - ROA Research Memoranda
BT - Effectively involving low-SES parents in human capital development
PB - ROA
CY - Maastricht
ER -