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Making the most out of social experiments : reducing the intrinsic uncertainty in evidence from randomized trials with an application to the national JTPA experiment
Clements, Nancy; Heckman, James J.; Smith, Jeffrey A. - 1994
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000884776
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Choosing among alternative nonexperimental methods for estimating the impact of social programs : the case of manpower training
Heckman, James J.; Hotz, Vincent Joseph - 1989
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000761024
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The sensitivity of experimental impact estimates : evidence from the national JTPA study
Heckman, James J.; Smith, Jeffrey A. - 1997
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000634803
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The rate of return to the High/Scope Perry Preschool Program
Heckman, James J.; Moon, Seong Hyeok; Pinto, Rodrigo; … - 2009
This paper estimates the rate of return to the High/Scope Perry Preschool Program, an early intervention program targeted toward disadvantaged African-American youth. Estimates of the rate of return to the Perry program are widely cited to support the claim of substantial economic benefits from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003899906
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The rate of return to the High/Scope Perry Preschool Program
Heckman, James J.; Moon, Seong Hyeok; Pinto, Rodrigo; … - 2009
This paper estimates the rate of return to the High/Scope Perry Preschool Program, an early intervention program targeted toward disadvantaged African-American youth. Estimates of the rate of return to the Perry program are widely cited to support the claim of substantial economic benefits from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003909167
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The rate of return to the High/Scope Perry Preschool Program
Heckman, James J.; Moon, Seong Hyeok; Pinto, Rodrigo; … - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003913108
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A new cost-benefit and rate of return analysis for the Perry Preschool Program : a summary
Heckman, James J.; Moon, Seong Hyeok; Pinto, Rodrigo; … - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003990540
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Inference with imperfect randomization : the case of the Perry Preschool program
Heckman, James J.; Pinto, Rodrigo; Shaikh, Azeem M.; … - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009008640
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Early childhood education
Elango, Sneha; García García-Menéndez, Jorge Luis; … - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011427955
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Intergenerational long term effects of preschool : structural estimates from a discrete dynamic programming model
Heckman, James J.; Raut, Lakshmi Kanta - 2013
This paper formulates a structural dynamic programming model of preschool investment choices of altruistic parents and then empirically estimates the structural parameters of the model using the NLSY79 data. The paper finds that preschool investment significantly boosts cognitive and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009753033