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Category Archives: Timing of benefits
Special education cost savings from pre-k programs can be higher for targeted pre-k programs, or if special education costs are higher, or if special education effects of a program are higher
In a previous post, I provided estimates of the savings in special education costs from a high-quality universal pre-k program. I stated that these cost savings started out at about 4% of the pre-k program’s costs in kindergarten. That is, … Continue reading
Ed Glaeser’s Triumph of the City book
I have been reading Ed Glaeser’s new book, Triumph of the City, and enjoying it tremendously. Ed Glaeser is a Harvard professor, and is arguably the leading American urban economist. One issue on which most urban economists agree is the … Continue reading
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Preschool and state economic development: employers speak out
One of my Google News alerts came across this interesting story from Iowa. Iowa is currently debating the future of its “Statewide Voluntary Preschool Program”, which currently enrolls over half of all Iowa four-year olds. The program is designed to … Continue reading
A possible short-term benefit of early childhood programs: packaging them with adult job training programs
Some recent posts at this blog have been discussing the political problem that early childhood programs’ economic development benefits are mostly long-term, while political leaders often want results before the next election. So far, I have suggested two short-term benefits … Continue reading
More political implications of property value increases due to pre-k
As mentioned in a previous post, one possible short-term benefit of pre-k is an increase in local property values. The argument is that preschool will increase elementary test scores, and higher elementary test scores have been shown to increase property … Continue reading
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Property value increases: another short-run benefit of early childhood programs
Several of my blog posts have addressed the political problem that much of the benefits from early childhood programs are long-term. These programs’ benefits are long-term because most of the economic benefits associated with former child participants don’t occur until … Continue reading
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A short-run benefit of early childhood programs: special education cost savings
As mentioned in a previous post, one political issue with early childhood programs is that their economic development benefits for state economies are (mostly) long-delayed. Much of the benefits for state economies are from the better skills of former child … Continue reading
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The problem of long-delayed benefits of early childhood programs
One political problem faced by early childhood programs is the long delay before most benefits are realized. Although there are other economic development benefits of early childhood programs, most of the economic development benefits occur due to the better skills … Continue reading
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Investing in Kids now ready for shipping!
The Upjohn Institute Press now has both hardback and paperback copies of my book investing in Kids available. You can order online at the Institute’s website. The paperback goes for $20. A great value for a book of 415 pages! … Continue reading
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What might early childhood education do for Chicago?
In the New York Times article by James Warren on Professor James Heckman’s ideas on early childhood education, Mr. Warren suggests that Professor Heckman’s ideas “might have benefited mayoral candidates concerned about Chicago’s public schools performance”. Warren goes on to … Continue reading
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