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

• 成果类型: Article; Early Access
• 署名作者: Garcia, Jorge Luis; Heckman, James J.; Ronda, Victor
• 署名单位: Clemson University; National Bureau of Economic Research; University of Chicago; University of Southern California
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0022-3808
• DOI: 10.1086/722936
• 发表日期: 2023
• 关键词: gender-gap; boys; intervention; persistence; mechanisms; PSYCHOLOGY; FADEOUT; crime; sex

摘要

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.