RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Incomes and Outcomes in Early Childhood
JF Journal of Human Resources
JO J Hum Resour
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 980
OP 1007
DO 10.3368/jhr.XXXIX.4.980
VO XXXIX
IS 4
A1 Taylor, Beck A.
A1 Dearing, Eric
A1 McCartney, Kathleen
YR 2004
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/XXXIX/4/980.abstract
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.