American Economic Review Vol. 92 No. 4 2002

Longer-Term Effects of Head Start

Eliana Garces¹; Duncan Thomas²; Janet Currie³

¹ Economic Analysis LLC, 2049 Century Park East, Suite 2310, Los Angeles, CA 90067. · ² Department of Economics, UCLA, Box 951477, Los Angeles CA 90095. · ³ Department of Economics, UCLA, and National Bureau of Economic Research, Box 951477, Los Angeles, CA 90095.

Abstract

Specially collected data on adults in the Panel Study of Income Dynamics are used to provide evidence on the longer-term effects of Head Start, an early intervention program for poor preschool-age children. Whites who attended Head Start are, relative to their siblings who did not, significantly more likely to complete high school, attend college, and possibly have higher earnings in their early twenties. African-Americans who participated in Head Start are less likely to have been booked or charged with a crime. There is some evidence of positive spillovers from older Head Start children to their younger siblings.

DOI

10.1257/00028280260344560

Volume

92

Issue

4

Pages

999-1012

Language

en

Sources

openalex crossref bibtex:phds-export.bib

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