Head Start Funding Expansions and Program Inputs

Chris M. Herbst and Esra Kose

Public Finance Review, 2024, vol. 52, issue 1, 42-77

Abstract: This paper provides some of the first evidence on the relationship between Head Start funding expansions and program inputs. We take advantage of the county–year variation in funding increases that were implemented due to a number of legislated policy changes in the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s. By focusing on the period between 1988 and 2007, we show that the funding increases were directed at increasing total and full-time enrollment. We also show that the funding expansions were used to make several quality-related investments, including increasing the number of teachers and staff and upgrading the skill level of teachers.

Keywords: national government expenditures and education; Head Start; early childhood education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H52 I28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1177/10911421231197454

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