The Dynastic Benefits of Early Childhood Education: Participant Benefits and Family Spillovers

Frederik Bennhoff, Jorge Luis Garcia () and Duncan Ermini Leaf ()
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Duncan Ermini Leaf: University of Southern California

No 16370, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: We demonstrate the social efficiency of investing in high-quality early childhood education using newly collected data from the HighScope Perry Preschool Project. The data analyzed are the longest follow-up of any randomized early childhood education program. Annual observations of participant outcomes up to midlife allow us to provide a cost-benefit analysis without relying on forecasts. Adult outcomes on the participants' children and siblings allow us to quantify spillover benefits. The program generates a benefit-cost ratio of 6.0 (p-value = 0.03). Spillover benefits increase this ratio to 7.5 (p-value = 0.00).

Keywords: intergenerational program evaluation; intergenerational mobility; early childhood education; cost-benefit analysis; life-cycle benefits; spillover effects (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C93 H43 I28 J13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 38 pages
Date: 2023-08
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Published - published in: Human Capital, 2024, 18 (1), 44-73.

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