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How Policymakers Should Deal with the Delayed Benefits of Early Childhood Programs

Bartik, Timothy J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2009

provides home visits and educational toys and books to disadvantaged families when the child is between the ages of 2 and 3 …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005009822

Distributional Effects of Early Childhood Programs and Business Incentives and Their Implications for Policy

Bartik, Timothy J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2009

provides home visits and educational toys and books to disadvantaged families when the child is between the ages of 2 and 3 …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005009823

Higher Education, the Health Care Industry, and Metropolitan Regional Economic Development: What Can “Eds & Meds” Do for the Economic Fortunes of a Metro Area’s Residents?

Bartik, Timothy J.; Erickcek, George - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2007

This paper examines the effects of expansions in higher educational institutions and the medical service industry on the economic development of a metropolitan area. This examination pulls together previous research and provides some new empirical evidence. We provide quantitative evidence of...

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What Proportion of Children Stay in the Same Location as Adults, and How Does This Vary Across Location and Groups?

Bartik, Timothy J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2009

This paper provides new information on what proportion of individuals spend their adult work lives in their childhood metropolitan area or state. I also examine how this proportion varies across different demographic groups, and with the size and growth rate of the metropolitan area. I find that...

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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.

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By a Thread: How Child Care Centers Hold On to Teachers, How Teachers Build Lasting Careers

Whitebook, Marcy; Sakai, Laura - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Whitebook and Sakai examine how child care programs and their staff subsist in a field characterized by low pay, low status, and high turnover and what the impacts of these factors are on the quality of child care provided.

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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

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An Examination of Student Achievement in Michigan Charter Schools

Eberts, Randall W.; Hollenbeck, Kevin - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2001

Since their inception in 1991, the number of and the student enrollment in charter schools have burgeoned. However … impacts of charter schools on student achievement. The direct effect is through the restructuring of teaching and learning … paper focuses on student achievement in charter schools in Michigan. The analyses presented here suggest that students …

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Eds and Meds and Metropolitan Economic Development

Bartik, Timothy J.; Erickcek, George A. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010585771