TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Ludwig, Jens
AU  - Miller, Douglas L.
        TI  - Does Head Start Improve Children's Life Chances? Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design
        PY  - 2006/May/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 2111
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp2111
        AB  - This paper exploits a new source of variation in Head Start funding to identify the program’s effects on health and schooling. In 1965 the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) provided technical assistance to the 300 poorest counties to develop Head Start proposals. The result was a large and lasting discontinuity in Head Start funding rates at the OEO cutoff for grant-writing assistance. We find evidence of a large drop at the OEO cutoff in mortality rates for children from causes that could be affected by Head Start, as well as suggestive evidence for a positive effect on educational attainment.
        KW  - schooling
KW  - poverty
KW  - early childhood education
KW  - health
KW  - Head Start
        ER  -