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abstract: 'Head Start is a federal antipoverty program that provides free
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childcare, preschool, and related services to disadvantaged families.
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Research on Head Start has focused almost exclusively on impacts among
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children. Using data from the Head Start Impact Study, a nationally
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representative field experiment, the authors estimate treatment effects
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on maternal employment, economic hardship, and depression. The authors
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find that Head Start admission generates some improvements among Black
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mothers but not among other subpopulations. In analyses accounting for
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treatment intensity, noncompliance, and program substitution, the
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authors find suggestive evidence that Head Start participation may lead
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to even greater improvements in these outcomes specifically among Black
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mothers who would otherwise look after their children at home and when
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they participate in the program full-time. In conclusion, Head Start
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likely improves outcomes for some groups of low-income mothers, but
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these effects are heterogeneous, and they may be small, dose-dependent,
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or otherwise difficult to detect for many women.'
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affiliation: 'Yeh, CTH (Corresponding Author), Univ Toronto, Dept Sociol, Unit 17100,17th
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Floor, 700 Univ Ave, Toronto, ON M5G 1Z5, Canada.
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Yeh, Catherine T. H., Univ Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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Wodtke, Geoffrey T., Univ Chicago, Chicago, IL USA.
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Yeh, Catherine T. H., Univ Toronto, Dept Sociol, Unit 17100,17th Floor, 700 Univ
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Ave, Toronto, ON M5G 1Z5, Canada.'
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article-number: '23780231231192392'
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author: Yeh, Catherine T. H. and Wodtke, Geoffrey T.
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author-email: catherine.yeh@mail.utoronto.ca
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author_list:
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- family: Yeh
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given: Catherine T. H.
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- family: Wodtke
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given: Geoffrey T.
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1177/23780231231192392
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files: []
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issn: 2378-0231
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journal: SOCIUS
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keywords: Head Start; poverty; low-income mothers; field experiment
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keywords-plus: 'CHILD-CARE SUBSIDIES; POVERTY; WORK; WELFARE; RACE; IDENTIFICATION;
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EMPLOYMENT'
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language: English
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number-of-cited-references: '64'
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papis_id: 325bbc90f0fb0142e8166229d238d091
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ref: Yeh2023effectshead
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times-cited: '0'
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title: The Effects of Head Start on Low-Income Mothers
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:001061305400001
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usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
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usage-count-since-2013: '1'
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volume: '9'
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web-of-science-categories: Sociology
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year: '2023'
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