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| Title: | | The rate of return to the High/Scope Perry Preschool Program  |
| Authors: | | Heckman, James Joseph Moon, Seong Hyeok Pinto, Rodrigo Savelyev, Peter A. Yavitz, Adam |
| Issue Date: | | 2009 |
| Series/Report no.: | | IZA Discussion Papers 4533 |
| Abstract: | | This paper estimates the rate of return to the High/Scope Perry Preschool Program, an early intervention program targeted toward disadvantaged African-American youth. Estimates of the rate of return to the Perry program are widely cited to support the claim of substantial economic benefits from preschool education programs. Previous studies of the rate of return to this program ignore the compromises that occurred in the randomization protocol. They do not report standard errors. The rates of return estimated in this paper account for these factors. We conduct an extensive analysis of sensitivity to alternative plausible assumptions. Estimated social rates of return generally fall between 7-10 percent, with most estimates substantially lower than those previously reported in the literature. However, returns are generally statistically significantly different from zero for both males and females and are above the historical return on equity. Estimated benefit-to-cost ratios support this conclusion. |
| Subjects: | | Rate of return cost-benefit analysis standard errors Perry Preschool Program compromised randomization early childhood intervention programs deadweight costs |
| JEL: | | D62 I22 I28 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | IZA Discussion Papers, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA)
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