Despite substantial interest in preschool as a means of narrowing the achievement gap, little is known about how … criterion for preschool admission. Taking advantage of age-eligibility rules to construct an instrument for attendance, I find …

We estimate the short- and long-term effects of universal preschool education by analyzing the impact of the Israeli … Preschool Law, which mandated the provision of public preschool for ages 3 and 4 starting in September 1999. We focus on the … variation in universal preschool provision across localities due to the Law's gradual implementation. Our difference …

This paper estimates future adult earnings effects associated with a universal pre-K program in Tulsa, Oklahoma. These … projections of adult earnings effects and a partial cost-benefit analysis of the Tulsa pre-K program. We find substantial …

more advantaged families. Many countries have tried to reduce this inequality through publicly provided preschool. Evidence …

Despite substantial interest in preschool as a means of narrowing the achievement gap, little is known about how … criterion for preschool admission. Taking advantage of age-eligibility rules to construct an instrument for attendance, I find …

Bartik provides evidence showing that investment in quality preschool education provides economic payoffs, particularly …

We estimate the short- and long-term effects of universal preschool education by analyzing the impact of the Israeli … Preschool Law, which mandated the provision of public preschool for ages 3 and 4 starting in September 1999. We focus on the … variation in universal preschool provision across localities due to the Law's gradual implementation. Our difference …

This paper estimates future adult earnings effects associated with a universal pre-K program in Tulsa, Oklahoma. These … projections of adult earnings effects and a partial cost-benefit analysis of the Tulsa pre-K program. We find substantial …