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  • Child Development
  • Socioeconomic Mobility
  • Public Policy

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  • Early childhood enrichment programs are crucial for social mobility.
  • Disadvantaged children often lack access to quality early interventions.
  • Intergenerational impacts of such programs require rigorous investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare the long-term effectiveness of omnibus and home-visiting early childhood enrichment programs.
  • To analyze the impact of these programs on participants and their children.
  • To identify key mechanisms driving successful outcomes and intergenerational effects.

Main Methods:

  • Harmonized primary data analysis of long-run life-cycle data.
  • Comparison of omnibus programs with focused home-visiting programs.
  • Investigation of intergenerational effects on participants' children.

Main Results:

  • Successful interventions target both children and caregivers, boosting skills and improving home environments.
  • Participants show long-term gains in skills, earnings, health, and marital stability, with reduced crime.
  • Home-visiting programs effectively promote parenting skills, yielding outcomes comparable to omnibus programs.

Conclusions:

  • Targeting both children and caregivers is key to successful early childhood interventions.
  • Focused home-visiting programs offer a cost-effective approach with significant long-term benefits.
  • Widespread implementation could substantially reduce the US Black-White earnings gap.