Longer Term Effects of Head Start

Abstract

Little is known about the long-term effects of participation in Head Start. This paper draws on unique non-experimental data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics to provide new evidence on the effects of participation in Head Start on schooling attainment, earnings, and criminal behavior. Among whites, participation in Head Start is associated with a significantly increased probability of completing high school and attending college, and we find some evidence of elevated earnings in one's early twenties. African Americans who participated in Head Start are significantly less likely to have been charged or convicted of a crime. The evidence also suggests that there are positive spillovers from older children who attended Head Start to their younger siblings.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA387183

Entities

People

  • Duncan Thomas
  • Eliana Garces
  • Janet Currie

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • African Americans
  • Cognition
  • Costs
  • Crime
  • Criminals
  • Education
  • Experimental Data
  • Families (Human)
  • Family Size
  • Gain
  • Human Development
  • New York
  • Psychology
  • Statistics
  • Surveys
  • United States
  • Universities

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