Letter to the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Reform
Dr. James J. Heckman
University of Chicago

Many Happy Returns: Early Childhood Programs Entail Costs, but the Paybacks Could Be Substantial
Lynn A. Karoly, M. Rebecca Kilburn, et al
RAND Review
Fall 2005

Why Universal Preschool Is Really a Labor Market Program
Timothy J. Bartik
Employment Research
July 2009

Dollars and Sense: A Review of Economic Analyses of Pre-K
Albert Wat
Pre-K Now
May 2007

Exceptional Returns
Economic Policy Institute
2004

The Economic Benefits of High-Quality Early Childhood Programs: What Makes the Difference?
Ellen Galinsky
CED
February 2006

Early Childhood Development: Economic Development with a High Public Return
Art Rolnick and Rob Grunewald
December 2003

The Economics of Investing in Universal Preschool Education in California
Lynn A. Karoly and James H. Bigelow
The RAND Corporation
2005

Age 21 Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Title I Chicago Child-Parent Centers
Arthur Reynolds, Judy A. Temple et al
Institute for Research on Poverty
February 2002

Economic, neurobiological, and behavioral perspectives on building America's future workforce
Eric L. Knudsen, James J. Heckman et al
The National Academy of Sciences of the USA
July 5, 2006

Benefits and costs of investments in preschool education: Evidence from the Child-Parent Centers and related programs
Judy A. Temple and Arthur J. Reynolds
Economics of Education Review
November 2005

The Economic Impact of Oregon's Child Care Industry
Child Care Division, Oregon Employment Department
June 2005