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Early Childhood Education And Local Economic Development, Timothy J. Bartik
Early Childhood Education And Local Economic Development, Timothy J. Bartik
Timothy J. Bartik
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Bringing The Future Into The Present: How Policymakers Should Deal With The Delayed Benefits Of Early Childhood Programs, Timothy Bartik
Bringing The Future Into The Present: How Policymakers Should Deal With The Delayed Benefits Of Early Childhood Programs, Timothy Bartik
Timothy J. Bartik
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Introduction [To Investing In Kids], Timothy Bartik
Introduction [To Investing In Kids], Timothy Bartik
Timothy J. Bartik
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The National Perspective: How Local Business Incentives And Early Childhood Programs Affect The National Economy, Timothy Bartik
The National Perspective: How Local Business Incentives And Early Childhood Programs Affect The National Economy, Timothy Bartik
Timothy J. Bartik
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Boosting Michigan's Economy Through Educational Improvements, Timothy J. Bartik
Boosting Michigan's Economy Through Educational Improvements, Timothy J. Bartik
Timothy J. Bartik
No abstract provided.
Why Investing In Kids Makes Sense For Local Economies, Timothy J. Bartik
Why Investing In Kids Makes Sense For Local Economies, Timothy J. Bartik
Timothy J. Bartik
No abstract provided.
How Policymakers Should Deal With The Delayed Benefits Of Early Childhood Programs, Timothy J. Bartik
How Policymakers Should Deal With The Delayed Benefits Of Early Childhood Programs, Timothy J. Bartik
Timothy J. Bartik
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.
Early Childhood Programs As An Economic Development Tool: Investing Early To Prepare The Future Workforce, Timothy Bartik
Early Childhood Programs As An Economic Development Tool: Investing Early To Prepare The Future Workforce, Timothy Bartik
Timothy J. Bartik
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State Use Of Workforce System Net Impact Estimates And Rates Of Return, Kevin Hollenbeck
State Use Of Workforce System Net Impact Estimates And Rates Of Return, Kevin Hollenbeck
Kevin Hollenbeck
The net impacts and private and social benefits and costs of workforce development programs were estimated in three separate studies; two of them in Washington and one in Virginia. The programs included the public job training system, programs at community and technical colleges, adult basic education, private career schools, high school career and technical education, and vocational rehabilitation for disabled individuals and for blind or visually impaired individuals. The net impact analyses were conducted using a nonexperimental methodology. Individuals who had encountered the workforce development programs were statistically matched to individuals who had not. Administrative data with information from the …
Investing In Kids: Early Childhood Programs And Local Economic Development, Timothy Bartik
Investing In Kids: Early Childhood Programs And Local Economic Development, Timothy Bartik
Timothy J. Bartik
Early childhood programs, if designed correctly, pay big economic dividends down the road because they increase the skills of their participants. And since many of those participants will remain in the same state or local area as adults, the local economy benefits: more persons with better skills attract business, which provides more and better jobs for the local economy. Bartik measures ratios of local economic development benefits to costs for both early childhood education and business incentives. He shows that early childhood programs and the best-designed business incentives can provide local benefits that significantly exceed costs. Given this, states and …