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Is There a Foster Care-To-Prison Pipeline? Evidence from Quasi-Randomly Assigned Investigators

Baron, E. Jason; Gross, Max - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

Foster care placement is strongly associated with crime--for example, close to one fifth of the prison population in the United States is comprised of former foster children--yet there is little evidence on whether this relationship is causal. Leveraging the quasi-random assignment of child...

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How Does Your Kindergarten Classroom Affect Your Earnings? Evidence From Project STAR

Chetty, Raj - 2010

schools from kindergarten to third grade. This paper evaluates the long-term impacts of STAR by linking the experimental data … to administrative records. We first demonstrate that kindergarten test scores are highly correlated with outcomes such as …, students who had a more experienced teacher in kindergarten have higher earnings. Third, an analysis of variance reveals …

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The Impact of Regulations on the Supply and Quality of Care in Child Care Markets

Hotz, V. Joseph - 2005

We examine the impact of state child care regulations on the supply and quality of care in child care markets. We exploit panel data on both individual establishments and local markets to control for state, time, and, where possible, establishment-specific fixed effects to mitigate the potential...

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The Kindergarten Rule of Sustainable Growth

Brock, William A. - 2003

where societies implement the Kindergarten rule of sustainable growth.' Following the Kindergarten rule means implementing …

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More than Just a Nudge : Supporting Kindergarten Parents with Differentiated and Personalized Text-Messages

Doss, Christopher J. - 2018

ages. We study effects of a text-based program for parents of kindergarten children, distinguishing a general program from …

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Targeted or Universal Coverage? Assessing Heterogeneity in the Effects of Universal Childcare

Kottelenberg, Michael J. - 2016

We extend earlier research evaluating the Quebec Family Policy by providing the first evidence on the distributional effects of universal child care on two specific developmental outcomes. Our analysis uncovers substantial policy relevant heterogeneity in the estimated effect of access to...

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Bargaining over Babies : Theory, Evidence, and Policy Implications

Doepke, Matthias - 2016

It takes a woman and a man to make a baby. This fact suggests that for a birth to take place, the parents should first agree on wanting a child. Using newly available data on fertility preferences and outcomes, we show that indeed, babies are likely to arrive only if both parents desire one, and...

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Non-Cognitive Deficits and Young Adult Outcomes : The Long-Run Impacts of a Universal Child Care Program

Baker, Michael - 2015

Past research has demonstrated that positive increments to the non-cognitive development of children can have long-run benefits. We test the symmetry of this contention by studying the effects of a sizeable negative shock to non-cognitive skills due to the introduction of universal child care in...

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Does Head Start Do Any Lasting Good?

Gibbs, Chloe - 2011

significant when measured at the end of kindergarten or first grade. Assessments that Head Start is ineffective based on the NHSIS … results are in our view premature, given our currently limited understanding of how and why early childhood education improves …

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The Effects of Alcohol Policies in Reducing Entry Rates and Time Spent in Foster Care

Markowitz, Sara - 2011

The purpose of this paper is to empirically estimate the propensity for alcohol-related policies to influence rates of entry into foster care and the length of time spent in foster care. Alcohol consumption is believed to be major contributing factor to child maltreatment, associated with an...

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