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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
This chapter is a draft of Chapter 7 of a planned book, Preschool and Jobs: Human Development as Economic Development, and Vice Versa. This book analyzes early childhood programs’ effects on regional economic development. Four early childhood programs are considered: 1) universally accessible...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005009822
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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
This paper is a draft of Chapter 8 of a planned book, Preschool and Jobs: Human Development as Economic Development, and Vice Versa. This book analyzes early childhood programs’ effects on regional economic development. Four early childhood programs are considered: 1) universally accessible...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005009823
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010934642
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Is There a Case for a "Second Demographic Transition?" Three Distinctive Features of the Post-1960 Fertility Decline
Bailey, Martha J.; Guldi, Melanie; Hershbein, Brad J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114760
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The Wage Effects of Schooling under Socialism and in Transition: Evidence from Romania, 1950-2000
Andren, Daniela; Earle, John S.; Sapatoru, Dana - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2004
-specific accounts sometimes offered (wage liberalization, border opening, increased quality of education). But we find some support for … institutional and organizational explanations, particularly the high productivity of education in restructuring and entrepreneurial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005116762
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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.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008472675
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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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Do Bans on Affirmative Action Hurt Minority Students? Evidence from the Texas Top 10% Plan
Cortes, Kalena E. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2010
In light of the recent bans on affirmative action in higher education, this paper provides new evidence on the effects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008751546
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Lessons Learned from a State-Funded Workplace Literacy Program
Hollenbeck, Kevin; Timmeney, Bridget - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2009
Findings from an evaluation of a workplace literacy program funded by the State of Indiana are presented. Working with employers, providers were given considerable latitude to design their own training regimens. The state awarded certificates to workers who achieved certain levels of proficiency...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005102013
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Net Impact Estimates of the Workforce Development System in Washington State
Hollenbeck, Kevin - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2003
Adult Basic Skills Education and JTPA Title II-A programs. The other two programs serve youth: JTPA Title II-C programs and … Secondary Career Technical Education. The net impact analyses were conducted using a nonexperimental methodology. Individuals … exited from the education or training programs (or from the employment service) in the fiscal year 1999/2000 and longer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005030699