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The Effects of an Early Literacy Text-Messaging Program for Parents of Preschoolers

Benjamin N. York, Susanna Loeb and Christopher Doss
Journal of Human Resources, July 2019, 54 (3) 537-566; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.54.3.0517-8756R
Benjamin N. York
Benjamin N. York is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of ParentPowered Technologies. Susanna Loeb is the Director of the Annenberg Institute at Brown University, Professor of Education and International and Public Affairs. Christopher Doss is an Associate Policy Researcher at the RAND Corporation.
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Benjamin N. York is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of ParentPowered Technologies. Susanna Loeb is the Director of the Annenberg Institute at Brown University, Professor of Education and International and Public Affairs. Christopher Doss is an Associate Policy Researcher at the RAND Corporation.
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Benjamin N. York is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of ParentPowered Technologies. Susanna Loeb is the Director of the Annenberg Institute at Brown University, Professor of Education and International and Public Affairs. Christopher Doss is an Associate Policy Researcher at the RAND Corporation.
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vol. 54 no. 3 537-566
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https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.54.3.0517-8756R
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University of Wisconsin Press
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0022-166X
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1548-8004
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  • Received May 1, 2017
  • Accepted November 1, 2017
  • Published online July 16, 2019.

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  1. Benjamin N. York (ben.york{at}parentpowered.com),
  2. Susanna Loeb (susanna_loeb{at}brown.edu) and
  3. Christopher Doss (cdoss{at}rand.org)
  1. Benjamin N. York is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of ParentPowered Technologies. Susanna Loeb is the Director of the Annenberg Institute at Brown University, Professor of Education and International and Public Affairs. Christopher Doss is an Associate Policy Researcher at the RAND Corporation.
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