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From birth to school: Early childhood initiatives and third-grade outcomes in North Carolina

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Ladd, HF; Muschkin, CG; Dodge, KA
Published in: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
December 1, 2014

This study examines the community-wide effects of two statewide early childhood policy initiatives in North Carolina. One initiative provides funding to improve the quality of child care services at the county level for all children between the ages of 0 to 5, and the other provides funding for preschool slots for disadvantaged four-year-olds. Differences across counties in the timing of the rollout and in the magnitude of the state financial investments per child provide the variation in programs needed to estimate their effects on schooling outcomes in third grade. We find robust positive effects of each program on third-grade test scores in both reading and math. These effects can best be explained by a combination of direct benefits for participants and spillover benefits for others. Our preferred models suggest that the combined average effects on test scores of investments in both programs at 2009 funding levels are equivalent to two to four months of instruction in grade 3. © 2013 by the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management.

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Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

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EISSN

1520-6688

ISSN

0276-8739

Publication Date

December 1, 2014

Volume

33

Issue

1

Start / End Page

162 / 187

Related Subject Headings

  • Economics
  • 4407 Policy and administration
  • 3801 Applied economics
  • 3507 Strategy, management and organisational behaviour
  • 1606 Political Science
  • 1605 Policy and Administration
  • 1402 Applied Economics
 

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Ladd, H. F., Muschkin, C. G., & Dodge, K. A. (2014). From birth to school: Early childhood initiatives and third-grade outcomes in North Carolina. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 33(1), 162–187. https://doi.org/10.1002/pam.21734
Ladd, H. F., C. G. Muschkin, and K. A. Dodge. “From birth to school: Early childhood initiatives and third-grade outcomes in North Carolina.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 33, no. 1 (December 1, 2014): 162–87. https://doi.org/10.1002/pam.21734.
Ladd HF, Muschkin CG, Dodge KA. From birth to school: Early childhood initiatives and third-grade outcomes in North Carolina. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. 2014 Dec 1;33(1):162–87.
Ladd, H. F., et al. “From birth to school: Early childhood initiatives and third-grade outcomes in North Carolina.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, vol. 33, no. 1, Dec. 2014, pp. 162–87. Scopus, doi:10.1002/pam.21734.
Ladd HF, Muschkin CG, Dodge KA. From birth to school: Early childhood initiatives and third-grade outcomes in North Carolina. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. 2014 Dec 1;33(1):162–187.
Journal cover image

Published In

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

DOI

EISSN

1520-6688

ISSN

0276-8739

Publication Date

December 1, 2014

Volume

33

Issue

1

Start / End Page

162 / 187

Related Subject Headings

  • Economics
  • 4407 Policy and administration
  • 3801 Applied economics
  • 3507 Strategy, management and organisational behaviour
  • 1606 Political Science
  • 1605 Policy and Administration
  • 1402 Applied Economics