Involving parents in preschool programs: effects on child and mother outcomes

In the first chapter of the thesis, I present a literature review on early childhood interventions and women’s empowerment: what is the current knowledge on how to promote children’s development since an early stage, what are the ways used to encourage women’s empowerment, how the outcomes are measured and what are the effects of the interventions. In the second chapter I analyse the effects of exploiting an innovative educational program implemented in Latin America on children’s cognitive and non-cognitive skills. Finally, in the third chapter of my thesis I look at the effects of this same program on women’s empowerment. It seems that the involvement of women in the education of their children since an early stage improves significantly the condition of both women and children.