The foundations for successful child development are established in early childhood. Two
main policy approaches for strengthening these foundations have been subsidized …

The event study model is a powerful econometric tool used for the purpose of estimating
dynamic treatment effects. One of its most appealing features is that it provides a built-in …

Building on the evidence from the first paper in this Series highlighting the fundamental
importance of healthy and nurturing environments for children's growth and development in …

We use admissions lotteries to estimate the effects of large-scale public preschool in Boston
on college-going, college preparation, standardized test scores, and behavioral outcomes …

We provide new evidence that cash transfers following the birth of a first child can have large
and long-lasting effects on that child's outcomes. We take advantage of the January 1 …

We use novel, large-scale data on 17.5 million Americans to study how a policy-driven
increase in economic resources affects children's long-term outcomes. Using the 2000 …

This chapter concerns the state of the literature on early childhood education (ECE)–formal
programs offering group instruction outside the home for children younger than the standard …

I discuss economic and social sources of inequality and elaborate on the role of social
networks in inequality, economic immobility, and economic inefficiencies. The lens of social …

Many papers use fixed effects (FE) to identify causal impacts. We document that when
treatment status only varies within some FE groups (for example, families, for family fixed …

This study examines the impact of publicly provided daycare for children aged 0-3 on
outcomes of children and their caregivers over the course of seven years after enrollment …