Understanding the mechanisms through which an influential early childhood program boosted adult outcomes

Description:

A study of the effects of Perry Preschool, a program for at risk children in Ypsilanti, Michigan, on children's cognitive and personality skills, and an examination of the relationships of these skills, and of the program's contribution to these skills, to later academic, labor market, health, and crime outcomes, based on longitudinal data through age 40 for 123 randomly-assigned participants

Resource Type:

Reports & Papers

Author(s):

Heckman James J. (James Joseph); Pinto Rodrigo; Savelyev Peter A.

Publisher(s):

National Bureau of Economic Research

Funder(s):

American Bar Foundation; J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Family Foundation; Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (U.S.); Institute for New Economic Thinking

Country:

United States

State(s)/Territories/Tribal Nation(s):

Michigan

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