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Category Archives: Distribution of benefits
Top ten points of my book
A reader requested my summary of the “Top Ten” points of my book. Unfortunately, for reasons of logic, I think I need to do this list in order from 1 to 10 rather than in David Letterman’s reverse order. I’ve … Continue reading
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Trends in early childhood care and education, 1995 to 2005
Clive Belfield has a useful paper, recently posted at the National Institute for Early Education Research website, on trends in usage and spending for early childhood care and education. The paper combines data from three National Household Education surveys, from … Continue reading
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Political perceptions of pre-k
Sara Mead of Bellwether Education Partners has an interesting blog post at Education Week that focuses on her views on how to overcome the political challenges facing the pre-k movement. She is reacting to a quote from Joe Klein of … Continue reading
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The political economy of early childhood programs
This lengthy series of posts on the income distribution effects of early childhood programs illustrates why some foundations, such as Pew, have been so interested in “universal” pre-k. The attraction is that universal pre-k potentially helps overcome some perceived limitations … Continue reading
Income distribution effects of the Nurse Family Partnership
Chapter 8 of Investing in Kids also estimates the effects on different groups of “full-scale” implementation of the Nurse Family Partnership program. The NFP provides nurse home visitation services to first time mothers, from disadvantaged families, during the pre-natal period … Continue reading
Income distribution effects of high-quality full-time child-care and preschool, birth to age 5
Chapter 8 of Investing in Kids also considers the effects on different income groups of more intense early childhood programs. I consider the effects of a program similar to the Abecedarian program. The Abecedarian experiment provided full-time child care and … Continue reading
Sliding scale fees for pre-k
An expanded pre-k program may provide both greater benefits for a state’s economy, and be more politically sustainable, if this expanded program provides services not only to the poor but to the middle class. On the other hand, free preschool … Continue reading
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The politics of universal vs. targeted pre-k
As a previous post has outlined, there are some economic tradeoffs in deciding between a pre-k program with “universal access” for all 4-year-olds, versus a pre-k program that is more narrowly targeted at children from low-income families. Targeting children from … Continue reading
Targeted pre-k vs. universal pre-k: overall effects and distributional effects
In a previous post, I showed that under plausible assumptions, universal pre-k would have broad benefits for the middle class as well as for the poor. But how does universal pre-k compare with a preschool program that is more tightly … Continue reading
Universal pre-k: effects on income distribution
Over the course of several different blog posts, I have been discussing what both logic and evidence suggest for how the effects of preschool vary across different income groups. Given this discussion, what are plausible estimates of the effects of … Continue reading
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