Tag
intergenerational_mobility
2 findings
Finance & microfinanceGoal-Setting Driven Intergenerational Educational InvestmentSoft skills training increased targeted savings for children's education by 8.04 percentage points (p < 0.05; control mean = 26.5%, representing a 30 percent relative increase) and increased expectations that children will achieve education beyond college by 8.85 percentage points (p < 0.01; control mean = 11.7%).RCTEducationDecoupling Child Human Capital Investments from Parental Educational DeficitsSchool enrollment increases for young girls in treatment villages (5.0 percentage points overall, p < 0.01) were equally pronounced in households where parents had zero formal education, proving demand-side labor market returns offset parental educational deficits.RCT