TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Carneiro, Pedro
AU  - Ginja, Rita
        TI  - Long Term Impacts of Compensatory Preschool on Health and Behavior: Evidence from Head Start
        PY  - 2012/Jan/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 6315
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp6315
        AB  - This paper provides new estimates of the medium and long-term impacts of Head Start on the health and behavioral problems of its participants. We identify these impacts using discontinuities in the probability of participation induced by program eligibility rules. Our strategy allows us to identify the effect of Head Start for the set of individuals in the neighborhoods of multiple discontinuities, which vary with family size, state and year (as opposed to a smaller set of individuals neighboring a single discontinuity). Participation in the program reduces the incidence of behavioral problems, serious health problems and obesity of male children at ages 12 and 13. It also lowers depression and obesity among adolescents, and reduces engagement in criminal activities for young adults.
        KW  - non-cognitive skills
KW  - early childhood development
KW  - regression discontinuity design
KW  - Head Start
        ER  -