Immer mehr Menschen engagieren sich freiwillig außerhalb der klassischen Organisationen und Strukturen. Auch im Bildungsbereich ist seit Jahren ein Trend zu individualisierten Formen des Engagements zu beobachten. Zentral sind dabei verschiedene Formen von Mentoring, Patenschaften und...

Approximately 75% of children aged 2 to 4 worldwide are regularly subjected to violent discipline across the globe. This paper studies the impact of a virtually-delivered intervention on positive parenting practices in Jamaica. Short-term results indicate that the intervention improves caregiver...

This study investigates effects of welfare reform in the U.S., a major policy shift that increased employment of low-income mothers and reliance on their own earnings instead of cash assistance through the welfare system, on the quality of the home environments they provide for their...

Early Childhood Interventions (ECI) offering disadvantaged children preschool and family support services in the US show long-lasting health impacts. Can these benefits hold when these programs are offered to all children in contexts with universal healthcare? We evaluate the short- and...