One year of preschool or two: Is it important for adult outcomes?

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 40, Issue , 2014, Pages 221-237

  Arteaga, Irma ^a   Humpage, Sarah ^c   Reynolds, Arthur J ^b   Temple, Judy A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Early childhood education; Inverse propensity score weighting; Preschool; Program evaluation

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PUBLIC SPENDING; STATE ROLE;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901493482     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2013.07.009     Document Type: Article

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