Publicación: CAN SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS MAKE CHILDREN AND PARENTS MORE PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL
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2022
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JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
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WE EVALUATE THE DIRECT AND INDIRECT EFFECTS OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM WITH VALUE-LADED CONTENT ON CHILDREN'S AND PARENTS' KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES REGARDING THE CONSUMPTION AND DISPOSAL OF PLASTICS.WE DO THIS USING A RANDOMIZED FIELD EXPERIMENT TARGETING FOURTH-GRADE CHILDREN IN CHILE.THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM HAD A SIZEABLE AND A POSITIVE IMPACT ON CHILDREN' KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, AND PRACTICES, BUT NO EFFECT ON PARENTS' BEHAVIOR.HETEROGENEOUS EFFECTS INDICATE THAT THE PROGRAM HAD A LARGER EFFECT AMONG CHILDREN IN MORE VULNERABLE SCHOOLS, BUT THERE WAS STILL NO EFFECT ON PARENTS.FINALLY, BECAUSE PARENTS MAY ULTIMATELY DETERMINE WHAT CON-STITUTES ACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR FOR CHILDREN, PROMOTING PERMANENT CHANGES IN BEHAVIOR WILL REQUIRE INTERVENTIONS OF THIS SORT TO BE COMPLEMENTED WITH OTHER INITIATIVES TARGETING PARENTS.
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Spillovers, Randomized control trial, Marine plastic debris, Intergenerational learning, Environmental education
