Parental Involvement in School: A Literature Review

Francesco Avvisati, Bruno Besbas and Nina Guyon

Revue d'économie politique, 2010, vol. 120, issue 5, 759-778

Abstract: Parents are actively involved in their children?s education at all ages, and school-based parental involvement programmes are in fashion in developed countries. Yet so far, economists have devoted little attention to determinants, levels and effects of parental involvement. This review is concerned with parental involvement for school-aged children. We comprehensively survey the economic literature on the topic, and selectively review theoretical and empirical studies outside economics. Studies on the spontaneous involvement of parents can answer questions on why parents become involved. On the other hand, recent local and national reforms can improve our understanding of the extent to which children?s success is influenced by what parents do. We use this distinction to organize the literature and underline the open questions in each field.

Keywords: Parental Involvement; Schools (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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