Experimental Impacts of a Virtual Parenting Program with Mothers and Fathers

Lara Lebedinski (), Pedro Carneiro, Tamara Arnold Urzua, Julie Perng, Ana Maria Munoz Boudet and Katia Herrera Sosa
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Lara Lebedinski: University of Vienna
Tamara Arnold Urzua: World Bank
Julie Perng: University of Göttingen
Ana Maria Munoz Boudet: World Bank
Katia Herrera Sosa: World Bank

No 17028, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: In this paper we evaluate experimentally the impacts of a parenting program delivered virtually to 1,431 families with children ages 2-6 years old in Serbia. We compare two program modalities to a control group. In the first (standard) modality, only the main caregiver -mainly mothers- participates in the training, while in the second (plus), two caregivers -mothers and fathers- participate in the training. We find that the standard intervention has a positive effect of 0.28 standard deviations on parent-reported child development outcomes, but no such impact is found for the plus modality. We fail to observe statistically significant impacts of either treatment across most variables measuring parental behaviors and home environments, with two exceptions: parents in the standard treatment became more conscious about their child's learning, while parents in the plus modality became less likely to use physical punishment to discipline children.

Keywords: parenting program; child development; virtual delivery (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 51 pages
Date: 2024-05
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