Comparative benefit-cost analysis of the Abecedarian program and its policy implications

By W. S. Barnett, Leonard N. Masse. 2007

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Subfields: Education, Sociology and Political Science

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EARLY CHILDHOOD INVESTMENTS SUBSTANTIALLY BOOST ADULT HEALTH (2014, background): “An intervention that lasted five years and cost $67,000 (in 2002 dollars, see (50)) produced sustained and substantial health benefits.”
Family-School Connectedness and Children's Early Social Development (2012, background): “…brain plasticity before the age of five, and a strong base of evidence showing that pre-k programs produce demonstrable gains in the social, emotional, behavioral, and cognitive attributes that characterize school readiness (e.g., Barnett & Masse, 2007; Reynolds, Temple, Robertson, & Mann, 2001).”
2017-03 Early and Late Human Capital Investments, Borrowing Constraints, and the Family (2012, neutral): “…while borrowing constraints are crucial to match evidence that the timing of parental income matters for 1Heckman, et al. (2010) estimate private internal rates of return to Perry Preschool of about 8%, while Barnett and Masse (2007) estimate benefit-cost ratios of Abecedarian to be around 2.5.”
Effectiveness of Early Educational Intervention (2011, background): “For example, preschool study control groups had higher rates of grade repetition and special education (3, 6, 22, 29).”
The Rate of Return to the High/Scope Perry Preschool Program (2010, positive): “For example, the benefit–cost study of the Abecedarian Program only follows people to age 21, and relies heavily on extrapolation of future earnings (Barnett and Masse, 2007).”
Investing in Preschool Programs. (2013, background): “Expressed in 2011 dollars, the costs associated with Abecedarian’s fi ve-year duration totaled about $80,000 per child, and the program is estimated to have produced $160,000 in net present benefi ts for its participants and their parents (Barnett and Masse 2007; Currie 2001).”
Non-Production Benefits of Education: Crime, Health, and Good Citizenship (2011, background): “As noted by Barnett and Masse (2007), crime rates were 70% higher in Ypsilanti than Chapel Hill when the respective program participants would have been age 15.”
A Unified Welfare Analysis of Government Policies* (2019, positive): “Panel A: Education and Job Training Child Education Carolina Abecedarian Study Abecedarian 1975 3 x x x Barnett and Masse (2007) Campbell et al. (2012) Helburn (1995) Masse and Barnett (2002) Masse (2003) Chicago Child-Parent Centers, Extended Program CPC Extended 1985 6 x Reynolds et al. (2002) Rey”