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Series
Upjohn Institute Working Paper No. 09-150
**Published Version**
In Investing in Kids: Early Childhood Programs and Local Economic Development, Timothy J. Bartik. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2011, pp. 175-217
DOI
10.17848/wp09-150
Issue Date
June 2009
Abstract
This is a draft of a chapter of a planned book, Preschool and Jobs: Human Development as Economic Development, and Vice Versa [subsequently published as Investing in Kids, 2011]. This chapter considers a problem with early childhood programs: their effects on earnings are mostly long-delayed. The delay occurs because most earnings effects are on former child participants. The chapter considers appropriate discounting of benefits and how the upfront costs of early childhood programs can be delayed or reduced. It also addresses how the long-run benefits of early childhood programs can be moved up or increased.
Sponsorship
Partially funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts.
Subject Areas
EDUCATION; Early childhood; Childcare / Child care; Preschool and early education; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; Regional policy and planning; Business and tax incentives
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Citation
Bartik, Timothy J. 2009. "How Policymakers Should Deal with the Delayed Benefits of Early Childhood Programs." Upjohn Institute Working Paper No. 09-150. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. https://doi.org/10.17848/wp09-150