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Analyzing social experiments as implemented: A reexamination of the evidence from the HighScope Perry Preschool Program
Heckman, James J., July, 2010
(Discussion Paper No. 5065). Bonn, Germany: Institute for the Study of Labor.

A reconceptualized cost-benefit and return-on-investment analysis of the High/Scope Perry Preschool Program, based on data from the original program participants and matched data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (1979)

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Child care services in the JOBS program
Hagen, Jan, 2004
Children and Youth Services Review, 26(8), 697-710

A study on the implementation of child care services under the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) program from 1990 to 1992 in 10 states.

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Duration of breastfeeding, daycare, and physician visits among infants 6 months and younger
Pettigrew, Melinda M., July 2003
Annals of Epidemiology, 13(6), 431-435

A study of the association between duration of breastfeeding and child illness, and a study of the influence of family size and child care attendance on the benefits of breastfeeding, in a population of 674 mothers and infants from two metropolitan areas

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Early gender differences in self-regulation and academic achievement
Matthews, J. S., August 2009
Journal of Educational Psychology, 101(3), 689-704

An exploration of gender differences in children’s abilities to self-regulate their behavior and their discrepancies in academic achievement, and an inquiry into the correlation between direct measures versus teacher ratings of students' behavior, based on a sample of 268 kindergarteners from 87 classrooms in 12 schools in a public school district in southeast Michigan

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Links between behavioral regulation and preschoolers' literacy, vocabulary, and math skills
McClelland, Megan, July, 2007
Developmental Psychology, 43(4), 947-959

A longitudinal study of the effect of preschool students' behavioral regulation skills, including paying attention, following instructions, and inhibiting inappropriate action, on their emergent literacy, math skills, and vocabulary, based on a sample of 310 preschool children

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Market child care versus care by relatives: Choices made by employed and nonemployed mothers
Kuhlthau, Karen, 1996
Journal of Family Issues, 17(4), 561-578

A study on the variation between market and family-based child care for preschool children in metropolitan Detroit based on economic and non-economic maternal factors

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The production of quality in child care centers
Blau, David M., 1997
Journal of Human Resources, 32(2), 354-387

A study of the relative accuracies of child care quality indicators

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The rate of return to the HighScope Perry Preschool Program
Heckman, James J., February 2010
Journal of Public Economics, 94(1-2), 114-128

An estimation of the cost-benefit ratio and rate of return for the High/Scope Perry Preschool program, with a focus on the economic benefits and impact on crime

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The rate of return to the High/Scope Perry Preschool Program
Heckman, James J., November 2009
(NBER Working Paper Series No. 15471). Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research.

An estimation of the cost-benefit ratio and rate of return for the High/Scope Perry Preschool program, with a focus on the economic benefits and impact on crime

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A structured observation of behavioral self-regulation and its contribution to kindergarten outcomes
Ponitz, Claire E. Cameron, May 2009
Developmental Psychology, 45(3), 605-619

An assessment of the predictive validity of the Head-Toes-Knees-Shoulders (HTKS) task through a longitudinal study of the correlations between children's HTKS scores and measures of their behavioral regulation, classroom functioning, and math, reading, and vocabulary scores before and in kindergarten, based on data collected from 343 children from Oregon and Michigan

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Understanding the mechanisms through which an influential early childhood program boosted adult outcomes
Heckman, James J., November, 2012
(NBER Working Paper No. 18581). Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research.

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

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Understanding the mechanisms through which an influential early childhood program boosted adult outcomes
Heckman, James J., November, 2012
(Discussion Paper No. 7040). Bonn, Germany: Institute for the Study of Labor.

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

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