The Scale-Up Effect in Early Childhood and Public Policy Why Interventions Lose Impact at Scale and What We Can Do About It
- Taylor & Francis Routledge [Imprint] 2021
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Combining the theories of conventional economics with social psychology and cognitive decision making, behavioral economics (BE) offers an interdisciplinary framework to support the transition and translation of programs to scale, addressing the dimensions of feasibility, cost, and fidelity while meeting the objectives of providing safe, nurturing, and stimulating environments for children. One strength of BE is that decision-making is not considered context free, thus directly addressing an oft-cited weakness of translating programs to scale. Insights from BE specifically on parent decision making related to choice structure, fear of judgment, miscalibration, and social norms can generate light-touch enhancements to foster success as interventions scale to that help parents access and digest information and follow through on intentions. Examples of successful applications of the BE lens to scaled home visiting and parenting programs are described.
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9780367360443 9780367422479 9780367822972
10.4324/9780367822972 doi
Child development. Early childhood education. Child Development Éducation de la première enfance. Enfants--Développement. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Education Business and Management Business studies: general Child development early childhood education. Early childhood education Economics, Finance, Business and Management EDUCATION / Preschool & Kindergarten EDUCATION / Research Education Pre-school and kindergarten Schools and pre-schools Society and Social Sciences
BE behavioral economics children early childhood economics education intervention parent public policy scaling social psychology