Economic evaluation of early childhood education in a policy context

Journal of Children's Services

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-63

  Lee, Stephanie ^a   Drake, Elizabeth ^a   Pennucci, Annie ^a   Bjornstad, Gretchen ^b   Edovald, Triin ^b  

^a Washington State Institute for Public Policy   (United States)

^b Dartington Service Design Lab   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benefit cost ratio; Early childhood education; Early intervention; Evidence base; Investments; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863338038     PISSN: 17466660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17466661211213670     Document Type: Article

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