A New Cost-Benefit and Rate of Return Analysis for the Perry Preschool Program: A Summary

James Heckman, Seong Hyeok Moon (), Rodrigo Pinto, Peter Savelyev () and Adam Yavitz ()
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Seong Hyeok Moon: University of Chicago
Adam Yavitz: University of Chicago

No 17, IZA Policy Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This paper summarizes our recent work on the rate of return and cost-benefit ratio of an influential early childhood program.

Keywords: cost-benefit analysis; rate of return; early childhood (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H43 J13 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 20 pages
Date: 2010-07
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Published - published in: Arthur Reynolds, Arthur Rolnick, Michelle Englund, and Judy A. Temple (eds.), Childhood Programs and Practices in the First Decade of Life: A Human Capital Integration . New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010, 366 - 380

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