Texting Parents about Early Child Development : Behavioral Changes and Unintended Social Effects (English)

Parenting interventions have the potential to improve early childhood development. Text messages are considered a promising channel to deliver parenting information at large scale. This paper tests whether sending text messages about parenting practices impacts early childhood development. Households in rural Nicaragua were randomly assigned to receive messages about nutrition, health, stimulation, or the home environment. The intervention led to...

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Barrera,Oscar;

Macours,Karen;

Premand,Patrick;

Vakis,Renos;
Document Date
2020/12/09
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS9492
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Nicaragua,
Region
Latin America and Caribbean,
Disclosure Date
2020/12/09
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Texting Parents about Early Child Development : Behavioral Changes and Unintended Social Effects
Keywords
Poverty and Equity

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Barrera,Oscar; Macours,Karen; Premand,Patrick; Vakis,Renos.

Texting Parents about Early Child Development : Behavioral Changes and Unintended Social Effects (English). Impact Evaluation series|Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 9492 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/605381607538581261

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