ArticleHealth economics2021
Early childhood education and life-cycle health.
Article in Health economics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Genetic susceptibility to depressive symptoms in middle-aged to older Americans: time-varying effects and effect modification by early psychosocial factors.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2026Article
- Synergistic Effects of Early Psychosocial Factors and Polygenic Risk for Smoking: a Cross-Sectional Analysis of a Sample of Older Adults in the United States.Developmental psychobiology · 2026Article
- A Review of the Public Health Literature Examining the Roles of Socioeconomic Status and Race/Ethnicity on Health Outcomes in the United States.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Review
- The Dynastic Benefits of Early-Childhood Education: Participant Benefits and Family Spillovers.Journal of human capital · 2024Article
- The Lasting Effects of Early-Childhood Education on Promoting the Skills and Social Mobility of Disadvantaged African Americans and Their Children.The journal of political economy · 2023Article
- News Media Coverage of Childcare: How U.S. Local TV News Framed the Problem Before and During the Early Stage of the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of child and family studies · 2023Article
- Parenting Promotes Social Mobility Within and Across Generations.Annual review of economics · 2023Article
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Abstract
This study forecasts the life-cycle treatment effects on health of a high-quality early childhood program. Our predictions combine microsimulation using nonexperimental data with experimental data from a midlife long-term follow-up. The follow-up incorporated a full epidemiological exam. The program mainly benefits males and significantly reduces the prevalence of heart disease, stroke, cancer, and mortality across the life-cycle. For men, we estimate an average reduction of 3.8 disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). The reduction in DALYs is relatively small for women. The gain in quality-adjusted life years is almost enough to offset all of the costs associated with program implementation for males and half of program costs for women.
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