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Earnings Benefits of Tulsa's Pre-K Program for Different Income Groups

Bartik, Timothy J.; Gormley, William; Adelstein, Shirley - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2011

This paper estimates future adult earnings effects associated with a universal pre-K program in Tulsa, Oklahoma. These informed projections help to compensate for the lack of long-term data on universal pre-K programs, while using metrics that relate test scores to valued social benefits....

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From Preschool to Prosperity: The Economic Payoff to Early Childhood Education

Bartik, Timothy J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Bartik provides evidence showing that investment in quality preschool education provides economic payoffs, particularly in lifetime earnings.

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Human Resource Economics and Public Policy: Essays in Honor of Vernon M. Briggs Jr.

Whalen, Charles J. (contributor) - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

This book pays tribute to Vernon Briggs and his enduring mark on the study of humna resources. The chapters, by his students and colleagues, explore and extend his work on employment, education and training, immigration, and local labor markets. Students and scholars of economics, public policy,...

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Incentives for Academic Entrepreneurship and Economic Performance: Sweden and the United States

Henrekson, Magnus; Rosenberg, Nathan - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2000

The recent 'scientification' of commercial technology has brought the interface between universities and industry into sharp focus. In particular, academic entrepreneurship, i.e., the variety of ways in which academics take direct part in the commercialization of research, is widely discussed....

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An Innovation Policy Framework: Bridging the Gap between Industrial Dynamics and Growth

Braunerhjelm, Pontus; Henrekson, Magnus - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2015

of highly valued products. In so doing, we suggest an innovation policy framework based on two pillars: (i) the … accumulation, investment, and upgrading of knowledge and (ii) the implementation of mechanisms that enable knowledge to be … exploited such that growth and societal prosperity are encouraged. Knowledge is a necessary but far from sufficient condition …

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Earnings benefits of Tulsa's pre-K program for different income groups

Barik, Timothy J.; Gormley, William; Adelstein, Shirley - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850012

The Short-Term Effects of the Kalamazoo Promise Scholarship on Student Outcomes

Bartik, Timothy J.; Lachowska, Marta - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

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Early Childhood Programs as an Economic development Tool: Investing Early to Prepare the Future Workforce

Bartik, Timothy J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

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Sweden’s School Choice Reform and Equality of Opportunity

Edmark, Karin; Frölich, Markus; Wondratschek, Verena - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2014

This study analyses whether the Swedish school choice reform, enacted in 1992, had different effects on students from different socio-economic backgrounds. We use detailed geographical data on students’ and schools’ locations to construct measures of the degree of potential choice. This...

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Pitfalls in the Measurement of the Return to Education: An Assessment Using Swedish Data

Kazamaki Ottersten, Eugenia; Mellander, Erik; Meyerson, … - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1994

No abstract.

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