Longer Term Effects of Head Start

26 Pages Posted: 16 Dec 2000 Last revised: 6 Jul 2022

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Eliana Garces

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics

Duncan Thomas

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics

Janet Currie

Princeton University; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Date Written: December 2000

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.

Suggested Citation

Garces, Eliana and Thomas, Duncan and Currie, Janet, Longer Term Effects of Head Start (December 2000). NBER Working Paper No. w8054, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=254015

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