between 1997 and 2009, the analysis shows an important role of secondary school availability on underage fertility. An … increase of one school per 100 females reduces a cohort's teenage birthrate by between 0.250 and 0.563 births per 100, or a …

Many studies have demonstrated that Mexico's conditional cash transfer program, PROSPERA, has substantial effects on … educational attainment. Nevertheless, little evidence exists on whether increases in time spent in school have led to higher … learning in the context of the poor areas where PROSPERA principally operates, which tend to have overall low school quality …

Parental involvement programs aim to increase school-and-parent communication and support children's overall learning … environment. This paper examines the effects of low-cost, group-based parental involvement interventions in Mexico using data from … experiment provided information to parents about how to support their children's learning. Overall, the interventions induced …