In this Book

From Preschool to Prosperity: The Economic Payoff to Early Childhood Education

Book
Timothy J. Bartik
2014
Published by: W.E. Upjohn Institute
summary
Bartik shows that investment in high-quality early childhood education has several long-term benefits, including higher adult earnings for program participants.

Table of Contents

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Cover

Front

pp. i-iv

Title Page

pp. v

Copyright

pp. vi

Contents

pp. vii-x

Acknowledgments

pp. xi-xii

Preface

pp. xiii-xiv

Chapter 1. Introduction

pp. 1-8

Chapter 2. What Is the Evidence on the Earnings Effects of High-Quality Early Childhood Education, and Why Should We Believe It?

pp. 9-22

Chapter 3. How Do the Adult Earnings Benefits of High-Quality Early Childhood Education Compare to Costs?

pp. 23-28

Chapter 4. Criticisms of the Research Evidence

pp. 29-40

Chapter 5. How Can Early Childhood Education Programs Best Be Designed?

pp. 41-52

Chapter 6. Spillover Benefits: How Does Early Childhood Education Affect Other Groups Than Those Families Directly Served by These Programs?

pp. 53-60

Chapter 7. A Proposed Early Childhood Education Strategy

pp. 61-72

Chapter 8. Why Early Childhood Education Makes Sense Now: ECE’s Place in the Ongoing Struggle forBroader Economic Opportunities

pp. 73-78

Notes

pp. 79-92

References

pp. 93-102

About the Author

pp. 103-104

Index

pp. 105-112

About the Institute

pp. 113-115
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