Investing in Our Children: What We Know and Don’t Know About the Costs and Benefits of Early Childhood Interventions
Publisher: RAND Corporation
Number of Pages: 182
Published: 1998-03-25
List price: $25.00
There is increasing evidence that the first few years after birth are particularly important in child development and present opportunities for enrichment but also vulnerabilities do to poverty and other social stressors. Elected officials have begun proposing potentially costly programs to intervene early in the lives of disadvantaged children. Have such interventions been demonstrated to yield substantial benefits? To what extent might they pay for themselves through lower welfare and criminal justice costs incurred by participating children as they grow into adults? This study synthesizes t...