Prep School for Poor Kids: The Long-Run Impacts of Head Start on Human Capital and Economic Self-Sufficiency

被引：38

作者：

Bailey, Martha J. ^{[1
]}

Sun, Shuqiao ^{[2
]}

Timpe, Brenden ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Econ, Los Angeles, CA 90024 USA

[2] World Bank, 1818 H St NW, Washington, DC 20433 USA

[3] Univ Nebraska, Dept Econ, Lincoln, NE 68583 USA

来源：

AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW | 2021年 / 111卷 / 12期

基金：

美国国家卫生研究院;

关键词：

PRESCHOOL; WAR; POVERTY; ACCESS; INTERVENTION; ABECEDARIAN; INFERENCE; PROGRAMS; HEALTH;

D O I：

10.1257/aer.20181801

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

This paper evaluates the long-run effects of Head Start using large-scale, restricted administrative data. Using the county roll-out of Head Start between 1965 and 1980 and age-eligibility cutoffs for school entry, we find that Head Start generated large increases in adult human capital and economic self-sufficiency, including a 0.-65-year increase in schooling, a 2.-7 percent increase in high school completion, an 8.5 percent increase in college enrollment, and a 39 percent increase in college completion. These estimates imply sizable, long-term returns to investments in means-tested, public preschool programs.

引用

页码：3963 / 4001

页数：39

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