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  • Investing in Kids: Early Childhood Programs and Local Economic Development
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  • Timothy J. Bartik
  • 2011
  • Published by: W.E. Upjohn Institute
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Bartik shows that investing in high-quality early childhood programs produces long-term local economic development benefits.

Table of Contents

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  1. Front Matter
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. ix-xv
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. p. xvii
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  1. 1. Introduction
  2. pp. 1-11
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  1. 2. The Nature and Importance of Local Economic Development Benefits, and How They Are Affected by Labor Demand and Labor Supply
  2. pp. 13-52
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  1. 3. Estimated Economic Development Effects of Well-Designed Business Incentive Programs
  2. pp. 53-76
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  1. 4. The Economic Development Effects of High-Quality Early Childhood Programs
  2. pp. 77-112
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  1. 5. Design Matters: What Features of Business Incentive Programs and Early Childhood Programs Affect Their Economic Development Benefits?
  2. pp. 113-158
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  1. 6. Dealing with the Known Unknowns: How Policymakers Should Deal with Dueling Estimates from Researchers
  2. pp. 159-173
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  1. 7. Bringing the Future into the Present: How Policymakers Should Deal with the Delayed Benefits of Early Childhood Programs
  2. pp. 175-217
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  1. 8. Who Benefits? Distributional Effects of Early Childhood Programs and Business Incentives, and Their Implications for Policy
  2. pp. 219-266
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  1. 9. Locality Matters: How Economic Development Benefits Vary in Diverse Local Economies
  2. pp. 267-282
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  1. 10. The National Perspective: How Local Business Incentives and Early Childhood Programs Affect the National Economy
  2. pp. 283-314
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  1. 11. The Ethics of Early Childhood Programs and Business Incentives
  2. pp. 315-332
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  1. 12. Extending Economic Development Analysis to Other Human Development Programs: Education, Public Health, Crime Reduction
  2. pp. 333-352
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  1. 13. Thinking and Acting Locally: What Potential Is There for Local Support for High-Quality Early Childhood Programs?
  2. pp. 353-362
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  1. References
  2. pp. 363-387
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  1. The Author
  2. p. 389
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 391-415
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  1. About the Institute
  2. p. 417
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