PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Taylor, Beck A. AU - Dearing, Eric AU - McCartney, Kathleen TI - Incomes and Outcomes in Early Childhood AID - 10.3368/jhr.XXXIX.4.980 DP - 2004 Oct 02 TA - Journal of Human Resources PG - 980--1007 VI - XXXIX IP - 4 4099 - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/XXXIX/4/980.short 4100 - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/XXXIX/4/980.full SO - J Hum Resour2004 Oct 02; XXXIX AB - Prior research has identified statistically significant but small income effects for children’s cognitive, language, and social outcomes. We examine the impact of family economic resources on developmental outcomes in early childhood, the stage of life during which developmental psychologists have suggested income effects should be largest. Using participants from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care, we estimate income effects that are comparable in absolute terms to those reported in previous research. Relative income effect sizes are found to have practical significance, however, both within our sample, and compared to participation in Early Head Start.