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Age 21 cost-benefit analysis of the Title I Chicago child-parent centers A cost benefit analysis of the federally funded Chicago Child-Parent Center program using data from the Chicago Longitudinal Study from a cohort of children born in 1980. |
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Can early intervention prevent high school dropout?: Evidence from the Chicago Child-Parent Centers A report relating participation in the Chicago Child-Parent Center and Expansion program to incidence of high school dropout |
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Child care for low-income working families A discussion of child care for low income working families and a review of previous research examining the effects of high-quality child care on young children's developmental outcomes and on parental employment options; also discussed are reasons for public funding of child care |
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Child care quality: Does it matter and does it need to be improved? An investigation of the justification for public intervention to improve the quality of non-parental child care for children from lower-income families adduced from evidence from large- and small-scale studies of the effects of child care on children’s development with a presentation of the economic rationale that emerges from that evidence |
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Child care quality: Does it matter and does it need to be improved? [Executive summary] A summary of an exploration of an economic justification for the improvement of child care quality |
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The children of New Hope, five years later A brief on the five-year effects on children of the New Hope project, a Milwaukee, Wisconsin, work and income support program. |
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A cost-benefit analysis of the Chicago Child-Parent Centers A brief illustrating a cost-benefit analysis technique using the Chicago Child-Parent Centers early childhood intervention. |
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Early childhood interventions: Knowledge, practice, and policy A review of the effectiveness of early childhood intervention programs and services |
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Early intervention, school achievement, and special education placement: Findings from the Chicago Longitudinal Study A comparison of large-scale public school interventions and the assignment of children to special education classes and their effects on children’s long-term school achievement, based on data from the Chicago Longitudinal Study |
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An economic analysis of kin-provided child care A paper examining maternal choices in residential proximity to kin and the likelihood of use of kin provided child care. |
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The effect of increases in welfare mothers' education on their young children's academic and behavioral outcomes: Evidence from the National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies Child Outcomes Study A study examining the academic and behavioral outcomes of young children from the increase of maternal education precipitated by welfare-to-work programs, using data from the NEWWS-COS |
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Effects of nonmaternal child care on inequality in cognitive skills An examination of the relationship between non-maternal child care and children’s cognitive skills, emphasizing the type of care and mothers’ educational and income levels, based on an analysis of data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth |
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Exploring the influence of the National School Lunch Program on children A paper on the effects of the National School Lunch Program on changes from kindergarten to first grade in children's behavior, test scores, and body weight |
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Extended early childhood intervention and school achievement: Age 13 findings from the Chicago Longitudinal Study Findings from a follow-up study on the correlation between participation in an early intervention program and seventh grade achievement, based on a sample of 559 low-income, Black children who participated in the Chicago Child-Parent Center and Expansion Program (CPC Program) |
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Focus A newsletter containing articles on issues surrounding the outcomes of early childhood intervention, focusing particularly on long-term outcomes for at-risk children |
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Grandmothers raising grandchildren: Family well-being and economic assistance A study of the economic well-being of families headed by grandmothers, including their sources and level of family income- for instance the role of targeted income transfers targeted to reduce poverty for low income families- and the correlation between the type of grandmother-headed family and the likelihood of receiving income support |
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Inequality in children's school readiness and public funding An analysis of the relationship between the rise in public preschool funding and socioeconomic disparities in preschool enrollment, with considerations of preschool quality and its role in school readiness for disadvantaged children |
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Single mothers in various living arrangements: Differences in economic and time resources A comparison of economic resources and time demands between single mothers residing in various living arrangements, using data from the 1987 National Survey of Families and Households |
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The state of early childhood intervention: Effectiveness, myths and realities, new directions A discussion of the influence of early childhood interventions on low-income and at-risk children and families, discussing myths, realities, and directions for future research and program development |
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The W-2 child care plan A brief on the W-2 child care plan, discussing available subsidies, potential issues with the plan, and strategies for evaluating this plan |
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