Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/202709 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 12363
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper examines the impact of the iconic Perry Preschool Project on the children and siblings of the original participants. The children of treated participants have fewer school suspensions, higher levels of education and employment, and lower levels of participation in crime, compared with the children of untreated participants. Impacts are especially pronounced for the children of male participants. These treatment effects are associated with improved childhood home environments. The intergenerational effects arise despite the fact that families of treated subjects live in similar or worse neighborhoods than the control families. We also find substantial positive effects of the Perry program on the siblings of participants who did not directly participate in the program, especially for male siblings.
Subjects: 
externalities
early childhood interventions
spillover effects
intergenerational treatment effects
intragenerational treatment effects
JEL: 
C4
I21
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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