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From Preschool to Prosperity: The Economic Payoff to Early Childhood Education
Bartik, Timothy J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Bartik provides evidence showing that investment in quality preschool education provides economic payoffs, particularly in lifetime earnings.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010934642
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Earnings Benefits of Tulsa's Pre-K Program for Different Income Groups
Bartik, Timothy J.; Gormley, William; Adelstein, Shirley - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2011
This paper estimates future adult earnings effects associated with a universal pre-K program in Tulsa, Oklahoma. These informed projections help to compensate for the lack of long-term data on universal pre-K programs, while using metrics that relate test scores to valued social benefits....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009194115
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Human Resource Economics and Public Policy: Essays in Honor of Vernon M. Briggs Jr.
Whalen, Charles J. (contributor) - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
This book pays tribute to Vernon Briggs and his enduring mark on the study of humna resources. The chapters, by his students and colleagues, explore and extend his work on employment, education and training, immigration, and local labor markets. Students and scholars of economics, public policy,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008472674
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Innovation and Social Capital: A Cross-country Investigation
Doh, Soogwan; Acs, Zoltan J. - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This study explores the impact of social capital on innovation by constructing a more general measure of social capital … that social capital has a positive impact on innovation at the national level. After controlling for R&D expenditure and … human capital there is a positive relationship between social capital and innovation. Social capital interacts with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008509227
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Human Capital Diversity and Product Innovation: A Micro-Level Analysis
Söllner, Rene - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
The paper investigates the relationship between human capital diversity measured in terms of occupational diversity and a firm's likelihood to innovate. The empirical analysis is based on a linked employer-employee panel dataset of German firms over the period 1998 to 2007. Despite notable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008509664
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Earnings benefits of Tulsa's pre-K program for different income groups
Barik, Timothy J.; Gormley, William; Adelstein, Shirley - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850012
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The Short-Term Effects of the Kalamazoo Promise Scholarship on Student Outcomes
Bartik, Timothy J.; Lachowska, Marta - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850051
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Early Childhood Programs as an Economic development Tool: Investing Early to Prepare the Future Workforce
Bartik, Timothy J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850052
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Improving the Implementation and Effectiveness of Out-of-School-Time Tutoring
Heinrich, Carolyn J.; Burch, Patricia; Good, Annalee; … - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010778595
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School-To-Work Transitions
Hollenbeck, Kevin; Timmeney, Bridget F. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
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