Investing in Preschool Programs.

By G. Duncan, Katherine A. Magnuson. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2013

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Subfields: Education, Safety Research

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2. Howard S. Bloom
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4. M. Gopalan
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3. J. Ahn
4. M. Gopalan
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6. M. Janosz
7. Robert Crosnoe
8. C. Weiland

Citations in the corpus

• Stressors and Turning Points in High School and Dropout (2015, background): “high-quality preschool programs have been found to reduce dropout (Duncan & Magnuson, 2013).”
• Quantifying Variation in Head Start Effects on Young Children's Cognitive and Socio-Emotional Skills Using Data from the National Head Start Impact Study. (2015, background): “This resulted in follow-up intervals ending as late as one year after program completion and as early as three-quarters of the way through a program (Duncan and Magnuson, 2013).”
• Effects of the Tennessee Prekindergarten Program on children’s achievement and behavior through third grade (2018, result): “…greater contrast between the earlier counterfactual for reschool and the contemporary counterfactual is evident in the ffect sizes found in the Perry Preschool and Abecedarian studes, which are three times larger than those found for programs valuated in the past 15 years (Duncan & Magnuson, 2013).”
• Use of Quasi-Experimental Research Designs in Education Research: Growth, Promise, and Challenges (2020, background): “Several observational studies have documented a positive correlation between children’s attendance in high-quality ECE programs and various outcomes—including academic achievement, behavioral skills, and health (Duncan & Magnuson, 2013; Magnuson et al., 2007).”
• The Long-Term Effects of Universal Preschool in Boston (2021, neutral): “High-quality early-childhood interventions are seen as a promising tool to address such deficits, improve economic outcomes, and reduce socioeconomic disparities (Duncan and Magnuson 2013; Heckman 2013; Elango et al. 2016; Yoshikawa, Weiland, and Brooks-Gunn 2016; Chaudry et al. 2017).”