TY - BOOK ID - 135976038 TI - Enhancing Human Capital in Children : A Case Study on Scaling AU - Agostinelli, Francesco. AU - Avitabile, Ciro. AU - Bobba, Matteo. AU - National Bureau of Economic Research. PY - 2023 PB - Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research DB - UniCat UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:135976038 AB - This paper provides novel insights into the science of scaling by examining an educational mentoring program in Mexico. The analysis encompasses two independent field experiments, and seizes a unique opportunity to learn from the government's implementation of the same intervention. While the program originally implemented at scale demonstrates limited effectiveness, the introduction of a new modality with enhanced mentor training significantly improves children's outcomes. Mentor-parent interactions are found to stimulate parental engagement at the community-school level, which emerges as a critical factor for the scalability of the program. Our findings offer compelling evidence on the socially determined drivers of education interventions at scale. ER -