From Preschool to Prosperity: The Economic Payoff to Early Childhood Education

Bartik shows that investment in high-quality early childhood education has several long-term benefits, including higher adult earnings for program participants. employment prospects, the reluctance of employers to hire ex-convicts due to liability issues, and the stigma associated with being an ex-convict. This has policymakers focused on ways to facilitate reentry to the labor market for this growing population.