One year of preschool or two: Is it important for adult outcomes?
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Early childhood education; Preschool; Program evaluation; Inverse propensity score weighting;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I2 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education
- I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
- H43 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Project Evaluation; Social Discount Rate
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