Comparing China REACH and the Jamaica Home Visiting Program.

Autor/inn/en	Zhou, Jin; Heckman, James J.; Liu, Bei; Lu, Mai; Chang, Susan M.; Grantham-McGregor, Sally
Institution	National Bureau of Economic Research
Titel	Comparing China REACH and the Jamaica Home Visiting Program.
Quelle	Cambridge, Mass: National Bureau of Economic Research (2022) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	NBER working paper series. w30529
Beigaben	Illustrationen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie; Graue Literatur
DOI	10.3386/w30529
Schlagwörter	Vergleich; Bildungspolitik; Familienpolitik; Arbeitspapier; Wirkungsanalyse; China; Jamaika
Abstract	This paper summarizes empirical findings from a series of recent papers studying a replication of the Jamaica Reach Up and Learn home visiting program in China, China REACH. It collects more detailed information than is available on the original program. An analysis of it facilitates investigation of the skills generated by Jamaica Reach Up and Learn. We find evidence for dynamic complementarity for medium- and low-ability children. Children who start behind only slowly catch up. Able children are an exception. Most children master its goals for skill development, but the pace of learning varies greatly among children classified by ability. The program scales well. Costs per pupil are roughly $500 (2015 USD). At the same ages, treatment effect sizes and skill growth curves are comparable across the Jamaica and China REACH interventions, despite differences in scale and differences in cultural settings. We develop a method for comparing scores on different tests by anchoring comparisons on common items.
Erfasst von	ZBW - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft, Kiel
Update	2024/1