Recent Research, Reports, and Resources Outlining the Economic Benefits of Investing in Early Childhood Education

The Alliance for Early Childhood Finance:

A compiled list of reports dedicated to financing and the economic benefits of investing in early care and education .

The American Prospect:

Life Chances: The Case for Early Investments in Our Kids (2007)

The Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University:

A Cost Benefit Analysis of Universally Accessible Prekindergarten Education in Texas (2005)

The Chicago Tribune:

Worthwhile Early Investment (2006)   J.B. Pritzker

Committee for Economic Development:

The Economic Promise of Investing in High Quality Preschool: Using Early Education to Improve Economic Growth and the Fiscal Sustainability of States and the Nation (2006)

Developmental Education: The Value of High Quality Preschool Investments as Economic Tools (2004) Preschool for All: Investing in a Productive and Just Society (2002)

Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. House of Representatives:

Investing in Early Education is Critical to Boosting Children’s Success and U.S. Economic Competitiveness (2008 Press Release)

Economic Opportunity Institute:

How Does High Quality Child Care Benefit Business and the Local Economy? (2002 Fact Sheet)

Economic Policy Institute:

Enriching Children, Enriching the Nation Public Investment in High-Quality Prekindergarten (2007)

Exceptional Returns: Economic, Fiscal, and Social Benefits of Investment in Early Childhood Development (2004)

Smart Money: Education and Economic Development (2004)

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis:

Building the Economic Case for Investments in Preschool (2006 Conference)

Early childhood development = economic development (2003)

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond:

Early Childhood Development and Economic Growth (2007)

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco:

The Economics of Early Childhood Development as Seen by Two Fed Economists (2007)

Legal Momentum’s Family Initiative and the MIT Workplace Center:

Early Childhood Education for All A Wise Investment
Recommendations Arising from “The Economic Impacts of Child Care and Early Education: Financing Solutions for the Future” (2005 Conference)

Partnership for America’s Economic Success:

Economic Benefits of Investing in Early Childhood Programs: Proven Programs Boost Economic Development and Benefit the Nation’s Fiscal Health (2008)

Economic Costs of Early Childhood Poverty: Raising Young Children Out of Poverty Can Substantially Improve Their Odds of Economic and Life Success (2008)

Pre-k Now:

Pre-K: A Smart Investment (2006 Presentation)

The RAND Corporation:

Early Childhood Interventions: Proven Results, Future Promise (2005)

Texas Workforce Commission:

The Economic Impact of the Child Care Industry in Texas (2003)