characteristics of children as well as parents. To estimate causal treatment effects, I use a simple logistic regression along with a …With the goal to shed more light on the effectiveness of parental time spent with their children, I estimate the causal … relationship between parental involvement and education outcomes of children. My research is the first which examines the effect of …

-Saharan Africa). This suggests a dominant role for the parents in determining educational opportunities of children. Evidence on the …

. The experiment provided parents of preschool students with text messages to support their children's learning at home …. After 15 weeks of intervention, the cognitive skills of children whose parents received the text messages rose 0 …

(population census 2011; live birth register), and we estimate the effects by comparing children born within a short timespan … change in the population of parents, rule out the effect of (unobserved) time trends and other potential behavioral responses … impact on the socioeconomic outcomes of the affected children. Children born after the law change have had worse educational …