Upjohn Author ORCID Identifier
Issue Date
September 2014
Abstract
Substantial research shows that high-quality early childhood education programs have a large economic payoff. This payoff is increased earnings for former child participants, increased earnings for parents, and increased earnings for all workers when average worker skills improve. A program package of universal pre-K, combined with child care and parenting support for all low-income families, would cost $80 billion annually. But each dollar invested in this package would yield future economic benefits of over 10 times as great.
Series
Policy Paper No. 2014-017
DOI
10.17848/pol2014-017
Keywords
early childhood education, preschool, prekindergarten, pre-K, child care, parenting programs, skill spillovers, benefit cost analysis
Subject Areas
EDUCATION; Early childhood; Preschool and early education; Childcare / Child care
Citation
Bartik, Timothy J. 2014. "Preschool and Prosperity." Policy Paper No. 2014-017. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. https://doi.org/10.17848/pol2014-017