The rate of return to the HighScope Perry Preschool Program

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 114-128

  Heckman, James J ^a   Moon, Seong Hyeok ^a   Pinto, Rodrigo ^a   Savelyev, Peter A ^a   Yavitz, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Compromised randomization; Cost benefit analysis; Deadweight costs; Early childhood intervention programs; Perry Preschool Program; Rate of return; Standard errors

Indexed keywords

EID: 74149091153     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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