More than Just a Nudge: Supporting Kindergarten Parents with Differentiated and Personalized Text-Messages

Christopher J. Doss, Erin M. Fahle, Susanna Loeb and Benjamin N. York

No 24450, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: Recent studies show that texting-based interventions can produce educational benefits in children across a range of ages. We study effects of a text-based program for parents of kindergarten children, distinguishing a general program from one adding differentiation and personalization based on each child’s developmental level. Children in the differentiated and personalized program were 63 percent more likely to read at a higher level (p

JEL-codes: C93 D91 I21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-03
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Published as Christopher Doss & Erin M. Fahle & Susanna Loeb & Benjamin N. York, 2019. "More Than Just a Nudge," Journal of Human Resources, vol 54(3), pages 567-603.

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