Starting school at four: The effect of Universal Pre-Kindergarten on children's academic achievement

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Fitzpatrick, Maria D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early childhood education; Human capital; State and federal aid

Indexed keywords

EID: 57249084597     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1682.1897     Document Type: Article

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