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The life-cycle benefits of an influential early childhood program
García, Jorge Luis; Heckman, James J.; Leaf, Duncan Ermini - 2016
beneficial impacts on health, children's future labor incomes, crime, education, and mothers' labor incomes, with greater …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011595977
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Early Health Shocks, Intrahousehold Resource Allocation, and Child Outcomes
Yi, Junjian - 2014
early health shocks for children.We estimate a human capital production function and establish that, for this sample, early …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013039591
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Parenting Promotes Social Mobility within and Across Generations
García, Jorge Luis; Heckman, James J. - 2022
This paper compares early childhood enrichment programs that promote social mobility for disadvantaged children within … analyze new long-run life-cycle data collected for iconic programs when participants are middle-aged and their children are in … their twenties. The iconic programs are omnibus in nature and offer many services to children and their parents. We compare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014237411
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Parenting Promotes Social Mobility within and Across Generations
García, Jorge Luis; Heckman, James J. - 2022
This paper compares early childhood enrichment programs that promote social mobility for disadvantaged children within … analyze new long-run life-cycle data collected for iconic programs when participants are middle-aged and their children are in … their twenties. The iconic programs are omnibus in nature and offer many services to children and their parents. We compare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014237461
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Early health shocks, intrahousehold resource allocation, and child outcomes
Yi, Junjian; Heckman, James J.; Zhang, Junsen; Conti, … - 2014
early health shocks for children. We estimate a human capital production function and establish that, for this sample, early …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010457824
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Parenting Promotes Social Mobility Within and Across Generations
García, Jorge Luis; Heckman, James J. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
This paper compares early childhood enrichment programs that promote social mobility for disadvantaged children within … analyze new long-run life-cycle data collected for iconic programs when participants are middle-aged and their children are in … their twenties. The iconic programs are omnibus in nature and offer many services to children and their parents. We compare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013435172
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Parenting promotes social mobility within and across generations
García, Jorge Luis; Heckman, James J. - 2022
This paper compares early childhood enrichment programs that promote social mobility for disadvantaged children within … analyze new long-run life-cycle data collected for iconic programs when participants are middle-aged and their children are in … their twenties. The iconic programs are omnibus in nature and offer many services to children and their parents. We compare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013431414
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Early childhood intervention : rationale, timing, and efficacy
Doyle, Orla; Harmon, Colm; Heckman, James J.; Tremblay, … - 2007
This paper provides a brief review of the economic rationale for investing in early childhood. It discusses the optimal timing of intervention, with reference to recent work in developmental neuroscience, and asks how early is early? It motivates the need for early intervention by providing an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008799189
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Understanding the mechanisms through which an influential early childhood program boosted adult outcomes
Heckman, James J.; Pinto, Rodrigo; Savelyev, Peter - 2012
A growing literature establishes that high quality early childhood interventions targeted toward disadvantaged children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009675522
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Understanding the Mechanisms Through Which an Influential Early Childhood Program Boosted Adult Outcomes
Heckman, James J. - 2012
A growing literature establishes that high quality early childhood interventions targeted toward disadvantaged children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096465