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Preschool and Parental Response in a Second Best World: Evidence from a School Construction Experiment

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  • Adrien Bouguen

    (University of Mannheim = Universität Mannheim)

  • Deon Filmer

    (BM = WB - La Banque Mondiale = The World Bank - WBG = GBM - World Bank Group = Groupe Banque Mondiale)

  • Karen Macours

    (PJSE - Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, PSE - Paris School of Economics - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement)

  • Sophie Naudeau

    (BM = WB - La Banque Mondiale = The World Bank - WBG = GBM - World Bank Group = Groupe Banque Mondiale)

Abstract

Interventions targeting early childhood hold promise for reducing the intergenerational transmission of poverty. Results from a randomized evaluation of a preschool construction program in Cambodia suggest caution. Overall impacts on early childhood outcomes are small and insignificant. Impacts on cognition are negative for the cohort with highest program exposure, with the largest negative effects among children of poorer and less educated parents. The results are explained by substitution from primary to preschool, and differences in demand responses to preschools between more and less educated parents. Context, program specifics, and behavioral responses, can hence lead to perverse effects of well-intentioned interventions.

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  • Adrien Bouguen & Deon Filmer & Karen Macours & Sophie Naudeau, 2018. "Preschool and Parental Response in a Second Best World: Evidence from a School Construction Experiment," PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) hal-01629674, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:pseptp:hal-01629674
    DOI: 10.3368/jhr.53.2.1215-7581R1
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    1. Holla,Alaka & Bendini,Maria Magdalena & Dinarte Diaz,Lelys Ileana & Trako,Iva, 2021. "Is Investment in Preprimary Education Too Low ? Lessons from (Quasi) ExperimentalEvidence across Countries," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9723, The World Bank.
    2. Bietenbeck, Jan & Ericsson, Sanna & Wamalwa, Fredrick M., 2019. "Preschool attendance, schooling, and cognitive skills in East Africa," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 73(C).
    3. Krafft,Caroline Gould & Raikes,Abbie & Nikaein Towfighian,Samira & Mojgani,Rebecca Sayre, 2023. "Quality and Inequality in Pre-Primary and Home Environment Inputs to Early ChildhoodDevelopment in Egypt," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10317, The World Bank.
    4. Barrera,Oscar & Macours,Karen & Premand,Patrick & Vakis,Renos, 2020. "Texting Parents about Early Child Development : Behavioral Changes and Unintended Social Effects," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9492, The World Bank.
    5. Premand, Patrick & Barry, Oumar, 2022. "Behavioral change promotion, cash transfers and early childhood development: Experimental evidence from a government program in a low-income setting," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 158(C).
    6. Kim, Janice H., 2022. "Preschool participation and students’ learning outcomes in primary school: Evidence from national reform of pre-primary education in Ethiopia," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 94(C).
    7. Jakiela, Pamela & Ozier, Owen & Fernald, Lia C.H. & Knauer, Heather A., 2024. "Preprimary education and early childhood development: Evidence from government schools in rural Kenya," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 171(C).
    8. Berkes, Jan & Bouguen, Adrien & Filmer, Deon & Fukao, Tsuyoshi, 2024. "Improving preschool provision and encouraging-demand: Evidence from a large-scale construction program," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 230(C).
    9. Krafft,Caroline Gould & Nikaein Towfighian,Samira & Raikes,Abbie & Mojgani,Rebecca Sayre, 2023. "What Can We Learn from Pre-Primary Quality Assurance Systems ? Evidence from theArab Republic of Egypt," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10482, The World Bank.
    10. Bouguen, Adrien & Dillon, Andrew, 2026. "Beyond poverty reduction: Evidence from a multifaceted program on poverty, nutrition and child development," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 178(C).

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