abstract: 'Head Start is a federal antipoverty program that provides free

  childcare, preschool, and related services to disadvantaged families.

  Research on Head Start has focused almost exclusively on impacts among

  children. Using data from the Head Start Impact Study, a nationally

  representative field experiment, the authors estimate treatment effects

  on maternal employment, economic hardship, and depression. The authors

  find that Head Start admission generates some improvements among Black

  mothers but not among other subpopulations. In analyses accounting for

  treatment intensity, noncompliance, and program substitution, the

  authors find suggestive evidence that Head Start participation may lead

  to even greater improvements in these outcomes specifically among Black

  mothers who would otherwise look after their children at home and when

  they participate in the program full-time. In conclusion, Head Start

  likely improves outcomes for some groups of low-income mothers, but

  these effects are heterogeneous, and they may be small, dose-dependent,

  or otherwise difficult to detect for many women.'
affiliation: 'Yeh, CTH (Corresponding Author), Univ Toronto, Dept Sociol, Unit 17100,17th
  Floor, 700 Univ Ave, Toronto, ON M5G 1Z5, Canada.

  Yeh, Catherine T. H., Univ Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

  Wodtke, Geoffrey T., Univ Chicago, Chicago, IL USA.

  Yeh, Catherine T. H., Univ Toronto, Dept Sociol, Unit 17100,17th Floor, 700 Univ
  Ave, Toronto, ON M5G 1Z5, Canada.'
article-number: '23780231231192392'
author: Yeh, Catherine T. H. and Wodtke, Geoffrey T.
author-email: catherine.yeh@mail.utoronto.ca
author_list:
- family: Yeh
  given: Catherine T. H.
- family: Wodtke
  given: Geoffrey T.
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1177/23780231231192392
files: []
issn: 2378-0231
journal: SOCIUS
keywords: Head Start; poverty; low-income mothers; field experiment
keywords-plus: 'CHILD-CARE SUBSIDIES; POVERTY; WORK; WELFARE; RACE; IDENTIFICATION;

  EMPLOYMENT'
language: English
number-of-cited-references: '64'
papis_id: 325bbc90f0fb0142e8166229d238d091
ref: Yeh2023effectshead
times-cited: '0'
title: The Effects of Head Start on Low-Income Mothers
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:001061305400001
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volume: '9'
web-of-science-categories: Sociology
year: '2023'