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relying on forecasts. Adult outcomes on the participants' children and siblings allow us to quantify spillover benefits. The …
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This paper quantifies and aggregates the multiple lifetime benefits of an influential high-quality early childhood program with outcomes measured through midlife. Guided by economic theory, we supplement experimental data with non-experimental data to forecast the life-cycle benefits and costs...
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That prenatal events can have life-long consequences is now well established. Nevertheless, research on the Fetal Origins Hypothesis is flourishing and has expanded to include the early childhood (postnatal) environment. Why does this literature have a “second act?” We summarize the major...
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beneficial impacts on health, children's future labor incomes, crime, education, and mothers' labor incomes, with greater …
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This paper studies the life-cycle impacts of a widely-emulated high-quality, intensive early childhood program with long-term follow up. The program starts early in life (at 8 weeks of age) and is evaluated by an RCT. There are multiple treatment effects which we summarize through interpretable...
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Past research has demonstrated that positive increments to the non-cognitive development of children can have long …
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rewarded for attendance at early childhood sessions, completing homework assignments with their children, and for their child …) or to the intensity of engagement with the program. Children with above median (pre-treatment) non cognitive scores …
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We use field experiments with nearly 900 children to investigate how skills developed at ages 3-5 drive later …. Returning to the children up to 7 years later, we find that executive functions, but not cognitive skills, predict the … likelihood of receiving disciplinary referrals. Economic preferences have an independent effect: children who displayed …
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This paper reviews the recent literature on measuring and boosting cognitive and noncognitive skills. The literature establishes that achievement tests do not adequately capture character skills|personality traits, goals, motivations, and preferences that are valued in the labor market, in...
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This paper examines the impact of the iconic Perry Preschool Project on the children and siblings of the original … participants. The children of treated participants have fewer school suspensions, higher levels of education and employment, and … lower levels of participation in crime, compared with the children of untreated participants. Impacts are especially …
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