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100			_aAnders, J. Barr, A.C.and Smith, A.A. _939711
245			_aThe effect of early childhood education on adult criminality: Evidence from the 1960s through 1990s
260			_aAmerican Economic Journal: Economic Policy
300			_a15(1), Feb, 2023:p.37-69
520			_aWe compare the effects of early childhood education on adult criminal behavior across time periods, using administrative crime data that provide significant precision advantages over existing work. We find that improvements in early childhood education led to large (20 percent) reductions in later criminal behavior, reductions that far exceed those implied by estimates of test score gains in prior studies. While the benefits generated account for a large portion of the costs of the education provided, we find substantial relative gains from the targeting of funds to high-poverty areas and areas without existing access to subsidized care.- Reproduced
773			_aAmerican Economic Journal: Economic Policy
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