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Inference with Imperfect Randomization: The Case of the Perry Preschool Program
Shaikh, Azeem M.; Heckman, James J.; Pinto, Rodrigo; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
This paper considers the problem of making inferences about the effects of a program on multiple outcomes when the assignment of treatment status is imperfectly randomized. By imperfect randomization we mean that treatment status is reassigned after an initial randomization on the basis of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009652903
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Dealing with Imperfect Randomization : Inference for the HighScope Perry Preschool Program
Heckman, James J.; Pinto, Rodrigo; Shaikh, Azeem M. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
This paper considers the problem of making inferences about the effects of a program on multiple outcomes when the assignment of treatment status is imperfectly randomized. By imperfect randomization we mean that treatment status is reassigned after an initial randomization on the basis of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014447303
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Understanding the Mechanisms through Which an Influential Early Childhood Program Boosted Adult Outcomes
Heckman, James J.; Pinto, Rodrigo; Savelyev, Peter A. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
A growing literature establishes that high quality early childhood interventions targeted toward disadvantaged children have substantial impacts on later life outcomes. Little is known about the mechanisms producing these impacts. This paper uses longitudinal data on cognitive and personality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010785594
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The Economics of Child Well-Being
Conti, Gabriella; Heckman, James J. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
This paper presents an integrated economic approach that organizes and interprets the evidence on child development. It also discusses the indicators of child well-being that are used in international comparisons. Recent evidence on child development is summarized, and policies to promote child...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010584099
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Is there an educational penalty for being suspended from school?
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; New, Sonja C. de; Le, Trinh; … - In: Education economics 23 (2015) 4, pp. 376-395
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011412299
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Chapter 9. The GED
Heckman, James J.; Humphries, John Eric; Mader, Nicholas S. - In: Handbook of the economics of education : volume 3, (pp. 423-483). 2011
The General Educational Development (GED) credential is issued on the basis of an eight-hour subject-based test. The test claims to establish equivalence between dropouts and traditional high school graduates, opening the door to college and positions in the labor market. In 2008 alone, almost...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025653
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Pricing Neighborhoods
Eshaghnia, Sadegh; Heckman, James J.; Razavi, Goya - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Education in Denmark is freely available. Despite near equal teacher salaries and per-pupil school expenditure across districts, there is substantial spatial heterogeneity in school quality as measured by teacher quality and student test scores. We argue that this is due to sorting of teachers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014322759
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The American family in black and white : a post-racial strategy for improving skills to promote equality
Heckman, James J. - 2011
before children enter school. Families are major producers of those skills. Inequality in performance in school is strongly … linked to inequality in family environments. Schools do little to reduce or enlarge the gaps in skills that are present when … received. A growing fraction of American children across all race and ethnic groups is being raised in dysfunctional families …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008933609
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The Economics of Human Development and Social Mobility
Heckman, James J.; Mosso, Stefano - In: Annual Review of Economics 6 (2014) 1, pp. 689-733
transfer policies to poor families significantly boost child outcomes. Mentoring, parenting, and attachment are essential … features of successful families and interventions that shape skills at all stages of childhood. The next wave of family studies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886206
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The Economics of Human Development and Social Mobility
Heckman, James J.; Mosso, Stefano - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
transfer policies to poor families significantly boost child outcomes. Mentoring, parenting, and attachment are essential … features of successful families and interventions to shape skills at all stages of childhood. The next wave of family studies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010890110