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The Lasting Effects of Early-Childhood Education on Promoting the Skills and Social Mobility of Disadvantaged African Americans and Their Children

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  • Jorge Luis García
  • James J. Heckman
  • Victor Ronda

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This paper demonstrates the long-term intra- and intergenerational benefits of the HighScope Perry Preschool Project, which targeted disadvantaged African American children. We use newly collected data on the original participants through late middle age and on their children into their midtwenties. We document long-lasting improvements in the original participants’ skills, marriage stability, earnings, criminal behavior, and health. Beneficial program impacts through the child-rearing years translate into better family environments for their children, leading to intergenerational gains. Children of the original participants have higher levels of education and employment, lower levels of criminal activity, and better health than children of the controls.

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  • Jorge Luis García & James J. Heckman & Victor Ronda, 2023. "The Lasting Effects of Early-Childhood Education on Promoting the Skills and Social Mobility of Disadvantaged African Americans and Their Children," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 131(6), pages 1477-1506.
    • Handle: RePEc:ucp:jpolec:doi:10.1086/722936
    DOI: 10.1086/722936
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    1. Berger, Eva M. & Fehr, Ernst & Hermes, Henning & Schunk, Daniel & Winkel, Kirsten, 2020. "The Impact of Working Memory Training on Children's Cognitive and Noncognitive Skills," IZA Discussion Papers 13338, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    2. Bennhoff, Frederik H. & García, Jorge Luis & Leaf, Duncan Ermini, 2023. "The Dynastic Benefits of Early Childhood Education: Participant Benefits and Family Spillovers," IZA Discussion Papers 16370, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    3. James J. Heckman & Rodrigo Pinto & Azeem Shaikh, 2023. "Dealing with Imperfect Randomization: Inference for the HighScope Perry Preschool Program," NBER Working Papers 31982, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    4. Zhang, Zihan & Kim, Jun Hyung, 2023. "The Inheritance of Historical Trauma: Intergenerational Effects of Early-Life Exposure to Famine on Mental Health," IZA Discussion Papers 16385, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).

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