Developing Hope among Impoverished Children
研究国际儿童资助对印尼儿童心理的影响，发现资助显著提升了儿童的幸福感、自我效能感和希望水平，采用儿童自画像的量化分析作为新颖评估方法。
The role of psychological attributes such as hope in escaping poverty has attracted increasing attention. Crucial questions include the impact of early development of positive psychological attributes on socioeconomic outcomes, and whether interventions to reduce poverty increase such attributes. We examine the impact of international child sponsorship on the psychology of Indonesian children by employing a novel program evaluation technique-a quantified analysis of children's self-portraits. To identify causal effects, we exploit an eligibility rule that established a maximum age for participation. We find that international sponsorship significantly raises sponsored children's levels of happiness (0.42<i>σ</i>), self-efficacy (0.29<i>σ</i>), and hope (0.66<i>σ</i>).