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Head Start’s Long-Run Impact

Evidence from the Program’s Introduction

Owen Thompson
Journal of Human Resources, October 2018, 53 (4) 1100-1139; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.53.4.0216.7735R1
Owen Thompson
Owen Thompson is Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Williams College
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vol. 53 no. 4 1100-1139
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.53.4.0216.7735R1
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University of Wisconsin Press
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0022-166X
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1548-8004
History 
  • Received February 1, 2016
  • Accepted May 1, 2017
  • Published online October 10, 2018.

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  1. Owen Thompson is Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Williams College

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