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DEMING, DAVID Early Childhood Intervention and Life-Cycle Skill Development: Evidence from Head Start American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 1,3 (July 2009): 111-134. Also: http://www.atypon-link.com.proxy.lib.ohio-state.edu/AEAP/doi/pdf/10.1257/app.1.3.111 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 ID Number: 6211 Publisher: American Economic Association Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This paper provides new evidence on the long-term benefits of Head Start using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. I compare siblings who differ in their participation in the program, controlling for a variety of pre-treatment covariates. I estimate that Head Start participants gain 0.23 standard deviations on a summary index of young adult outcomes. This closes one-third of the gap between children with median and bottom quartile family income, and is about 80 percent as large as model programs such as Perry Preschool. The long-term impact for disadvantaged children is large despite "fadeout" of test score gains. Search returned 1 items. Search Start: 17:35:37 Search Finish: 17:35:37
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