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			Benefits and costs of investments in preschool education: Evidence from the Child-Parent Centers and related programs Temple, Judy A., February 2007 Economics of Education Review, 26(1), 126-144 A discussion of preschool program effectiveness in 3 intervention studies, as well as a cost-benefit analysis of the Chicago Child-Parent Center preschool program as compared to other intervention programs for children, such as prenatal and infancy care, reduced class size, grade retention, and youth job training	Reports & Papers
			Comparative benefit-cost analysis of the Abecedarian program and its policy implications Barnett, W. Steven, February 2007 Economics of Education Review, 26(1), 113-125 A longitudinal study of the costs and benefits of the Carolina Abecedarian Project, a preschool program providing intensive education and full-time child care five days a week to children from economically disadvantaged families, with a focus on program expenses and the educational, cognitive, and economic effects on participants, and comparisons to the High Scope/Perry and other preschool programs	Reports & Papers
			Do the benefits justify the costs?: An evaluation of the 'sitter service' in Scotland Wilson, Valerie, May, 2007 Children & Society, 21(3), 214-217 An examination of the costs and benefits and a study of provider and caregiver perspectives of 9 home-based nonprofit child care sitter services for children of shift workers, single parents and career mothers and for children who require additional support	Reports & Papers
			The economic impact of the early care and education industry in Fresno County Fresno County (Calif.). Child Care & Development Local Planning Council, 2007 Fresno, CA: Fresno County, Child Care & Development Local Planning Council. An analysis of the economic impact of the Fresno County, California, child care and early education industry in terms of its employment and gross receipts, as well as its role in supporting other industries and labor force participation	Reports & Papers
			The economic impact of the Nebraska early care and education industry Thompson, Eric, 2007 Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Bureau of Business Research. An analysis of the economic impact of the Nebraska child care and early education industry in terms of its employment and gross receipts, as well as its role in supporting other industries, attracting federal funding, and encouraging labor force participation	Reports & Papers
			The economics of investing in New Mexico's state-funded pre-k program Goetze, Linda D., 06 December, 2007 Logan, UT: Utah State University, Early Intervention Research Institute. An analysis of the costs and benefits to New Mexico of increased investment in their public prekindergarten program	Reports & Papers
			Ensuring a vibrant city: The economic impact of the early care and education industry in the District of Columbia Brown, Brentt, April, 2007 Oakland, CA: National Economic Development and Law Center. An analysis of the economic impact of the Washington, DC, child care and early education industry in terms of its employment and gross receipts, as well as its role in supporting other industries and labor force participation	Reports & Papers
			Franco-Manitoban child care: Childcare as economic, social, and language development in St-Pierre-Jolys Prentice, Susan, April, 2007 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: Child Care Coalition of Manitoba. A study of the supply of, demand for, and economic and social impact of child care in the French-speaking village of St-Pierre-Jolys in Manitoba, Canada	Reports & Papers
			The long-term effects of after-school programming on educational adjustment and juvenile crime: A study of the LA's BEST after-school program: Final deliverable Goldschmidt, Peter Gordon, June, 2007 Los Angeles: LA's BEST. A cost-benefit analysis and longitudinal study of the impacts on educational adjustment and juvenile crime of participating in LA's BEST, an after school program for urban elementary school children in Los Angeles County that aims to enhance children's intellectual, social, and emotional development, based on comparisons of program participants with matched control students who had not participated in the program	Reports & Papers
			Northern childcare: Childcare as economic and social development in Thompson Prentice, Susan, April, 2007 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: Child Care Coalition of Manitoba. A study of the supply of, demand for, and economic impact of child care in the town of Thompson in northern Manitoba, Canada	Reports & Papers
			Role of services in regional economy growth Kay, David, September 2007 Growth and Change, 38(3), 419-442 An exploration of the role of service sectors, such as child care, in regional economic development through the comparison of output employment and linkage effects, based on a 509 industry input-output model of the 2001 economy in New York State	Reports & Papers
			Rural childcare: Childcare as economic and social development in Parkland Prentice, Susan, April, 2007 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: Child Care Coalition of Manitoba. A study of the supply of, demand for, and economic impact of child care in the southern and western portion of the rural Parkland region of Manitoba, Canada	Reports & Papers

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