A new paper published today (9 December 2005) in Fiscal Studies, evaluates the effects of early education on a cohort of British children born in 1958. In contrast to most available studies, the paper assesses the longer term impact on these children, considering how early education has affected their cognitive and social skills whilst at school, and their educational attainment and labour market outcomes into adulthood.
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Research Fellow University College London
Alissa is an IFS Research Fellow and a Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for Longitudinal Studies at the UCL Institute of Education.
Barbara Sianesi
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