TY - UNPB
T1 - The effect of early childhood intervention on personal economic outcomes
T2 - The mediating role of life history strategy
AU - Dunkel, Curt
AU - Klubinski, William Joseph
AU - Van der Linden, Dimitri
AU - Hammersley, Jonathan J.
PY - 2024/2/3
Y1 - 2024/2/3
N2 - The Carolina Abecedarian Project (ABC) is a randomized control study designed to test the efficacy of early childhood interventions for at-risk children. Proponents of interventions like the ABC argue that long-term financial savings can be achieved by expanding these types of programs. However, results of the long-term effect of the ABC on participant's financial outcomes have been mixed. Using the framework of life history theory, the effects of the intervention on several economic outcomes for ABC participants at age 21 were tested. Life history strategy was found to mediate between the intervention and level of education, criminal convictions, transportation self-sufficiency, and medical self-sufficiency. The results lend support to the efficacy of the ABC and suggest that early childhood intervention may improve individual financial outcomes by shifting life history strategy.
AB - The Carolina Abecedarian Project (ABC) is a randomized control study designed to test the efficacy of early childhood interventions for at-risk children. Proponents of interventions like the ABC argue that long-term financial savings can be achieved by expanding these types of programs. However, results of the long-term effect of the ABC on participant's financial outcomes have been mixed. Using the framework of life history theory, the effects of the intervention on several economic outcomes for ABC participants at age 21 were tested. Life history strategy was found to mediate between the intervention and level of education, criminal convictions, transportation self-sufficiency, and medical self-sufficiency. The results lend support to the efficacy of the ABC and suggest that early childhood intervention may improve individual financial outcomes by shifting life history strategy.
KW - Early Childhood Interventions
KW - Carolina Abecedarian Project
KW - Life History Strategy
KW - Self-Sufficiency
KW - Education Level
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/c6e335ec-5a85-3cfc-bf7e-55bca6c3d7b3/
U2 - 10.2139/ssrn.4714011
DO - 10.2139/ssrn.4714011
M3 - Preprint
T3 - SSRN Electronic Journal
BT - The effect of early childhood intervention on personal economic outcomes
PB - Elsevier
CY - Amsterdam
ER -