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Direct linkBartik, Timothy J.; Belford, Jonathan A.; Gormley, William T.; Anderson, Sara – W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2016
In this paper, benefits and costs are estimated for a universal pre-K program, provided by Tulsa Public Schools. Benefits are derived from estimated effects of Tulsa pre-K on retention by grade 9. Retention effects are projected to dollar benefits from future earnings increases and crime reductions. Based on these estimates, Tulsa pre-K has…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Preschool Education, Equal Education, Public Schools
Download full textPergamit, Michael R. – Urban Institute (NJ1), 2010
Nearly one in five U.S. youths will run away from home before age 18. Almost 30 percent of these youth will do so three or more times, greatly increasing their risk of violence, crime, drugs, prostitution, STDs, and many other problems. Employing new methodology to yield estimates not available elsewhere, this paper follows a nationally…
Descriptors: Runaways, Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Incidence
Peer reviewedCurrie, Janet; Neidell, Matthew – Economics of Education Review, 2007
Critics of Head Start contend that many programs spend too much money on programs extraneous to children. On the other hand, Head Start advocates argue that the families of severely disadvantaged children need a broad range of services. Given the available evidence, it has been impossible to assess the validity of these claims. In this study, we…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Program Effectiveness, Disadvantaged Youth
