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John Eric Humphries; Christopher Neilson; Xiaoyang Ye; Seth D. Zimmerman – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2024
This paper asks whether universal pre-kindergarten (UPK) raises parents' earnings and how much these earnings effects matter for evaluating the economic returns to UPK programs. Using a randomized lottery design, we estimate the effects of enrolling in a full-day UPK program in New Haven, Connecticut on parents' labor market outcomes as well as…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Access to Education, Parents, Wages
Cannon, Jill S.; Lipscomb, Stephen – Public Policy Institute of California, 2008
In this appendix to our Occasional Paper, we review 14 recent rigorous studies on how entrance age affects student outcomes in the short and long term, paying particular attention to aspects that are most relevant to state-level policy decisions. We summarize findings related to elementary and secondary academic achievement, grade retention,…
Descriptors: Grade Repetition, Educational Attainment, Kindergarten, Educational Policy