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ERIC Number: ED615357
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Jul
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The Lasting Effects of Early Childhood Education on Promoting the Skills and Social Mobility of Disadvantaged African Americans. Working Paper 29057
García, Jorge Luis; Heckman, James J.; Ronda, Victor
National Bureau of Economic Research
This paper demonstrates multiple beneficial impacts of a program promoting intergenerational mobility for disadvantaged African-American children and their children. The program improves outcomes of the first-generation treatment group across the life cycle, which translates into better family environments for the second generation leading to positive intergenerational gains. There are long-lasting beneficial program effects on cognition through age 54, contradicting claims of fadeout that have dominated popular discussions of early childhood programs. Children of the first-generation treatment group have higher levels of education and employment, lower levels of criminal activity, and better health than children of the first-generation control group.
National Bureau of Economic Research. 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-5398. Tel: 617-588-0343; Web site: http://www.nber.org
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Buffett Early Childhood Fund; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (DHHS/NIH); National Institute on Aging (DHHS/NIH)
Authoring Institution: National Bureau of Economic Research
Grant or Contract Numbers: R37HD065072; R01AG042390; R01AG053343
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