A new cost-benefit and rate of return analysis for the perry preschool program: A summary

Childhood Programs and Practices in the First Decade of Life: A Human Capital Integration

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 366-380

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 84867746921     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511762666.020     Document Type: Chapter

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