The Direct and Spillover Effects of a Nationwide Socioemotional Learning Program for Disruptive Students

Clément de Chaisemartin and Nicolás Navarrete H.

Journal of Labor Economics, 2023, vol. 41, issue 3, 729 - 769

Abstract: Social and emotional learning (SEL) programs that target disruptive students aim to improve their classroom behavior. Small-scale programs in high-income countries have demonstrated positive effects. Using a randomized experiment, we show that a nationwide SEL program in Chile has no effect. Very disruptive students seem to reduce the program’s effectiveness. With attention deficit hyperactivity disorder being more prevalent in middle- than high-income countries, very disruptive students may be more present there, which could diminish the effectiveness of SEL programs. Moreover, implementation fidelity seems lower in this program than in the small-scale ones considered earlier, which could also explain the program’s null effect.

Date: 2023
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