Early childhood education programs
Early childhood education programs
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DOI：
10.1257/jep.15.2.213
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发表时间：
2001-03-01
影响因子：
8.4
通讯作者：
Currie, J
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作者：
Currie, J
本文讨论了幼儿教育项目：目标；有效性;最佳时机、目标和内容；成本和收益。早期干预具有显著的短期和中期效益：最显著的是它减少了留级和特殊教育成本，并提供了高质量的儿童保育。对更多的弱势儿童影响最大。一些示范项目在教育程度和收入方面取得了令人兴奋的进步，并减少了对福利的依赖和犯罪。关于“启智计划”的长期效果，目前还没有定论，但如果“启智计划”的长期收益能达到示范项目的四分之一，它就能收回成本。
This paper discusses early childhood education programs: their goals; effectiveness; optimal timing, targeting, and content; and costs and benefits. Early intervention has significant short- and medium-term benefits: most notably it reduces grade repetition and special education costs, and provides quality child care. The effects are greatest for more disadvantaged children. Some model programs have produced exciting improvements in educational attainment and earnings and have reduced welfare dependency and crime. The jury is still out on the long-term effects of Head Start, but Head Start would pay for itself if it produced a quarter of the long-term gains of model programs.