Early childhood development as economic development: Considerations for state-level policy innovation and experimentation

Economic Development Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 147-165

  Jenkins, Jade Marcus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care; Early childhood development; Education; Prekindergarten; State policy

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC POLICY; INNOVATION; PRIMARY EDUCATION; STATE ROLE; CHILD WELFARE; EDUCATION POLICY; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SOCIAL POLICY;

EID: 84904980951     PISSN: 08912424     EISSN: 15523543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891242413513791     Document Type: Article

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