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Book extract: Prioritising socio-emotional development for the good of society - Nursery World Policy-makers must invest in programmes that reflect children's contexts and which focus on the drivers of long-term success, say James J. Heckman and Alison Baulos, both from the Center for the Econo...

Policymakers must invest in programs that reflect children's contexts and which focus on the drivers of long-term success, HCEO's James J. Heckman (@heckmanequation.bsky.social) and Alison Baulos argue in this book extract. www.nurseryworld.co.uk/content/feat...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Parents' Day & Evidence on the Role of Partnership. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Celebrating Parents' Day, this webinar features research around the vital role parents play in family health and economic potential. Professor Tamara McGavock (Grinnell College & University of Chicago...

Don’t forget: "Parents' Day & Evidence on the Role of Partnership” webinar today at 2 p.m. Central. Professor Tamara McGavock and Dr. Richard Reeves will share evidence on the vital role parents play.
Register here: uchicago.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

New book argues child care is a ‘societal imperative’ In ‘Raising a Nation,’ researcher Elliot Haspel says everyone should want strong supports for early childhood, even those without children.

“We have never established that good child care belongs among the pantheon of American values.”

So true! The first 5 years are the most rapid period of brain development and the foundation for, well, everything.

Great interview here with @ehaspel.bsky.social.

hechingerreport.org/why-american...

The Benefits of Scholastic Athletics Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

ICYMI: New work from The Heckman Equation, Colleen P. Loughlin & Haihan Tian shows that participating in high school or college athletics & intermural sports has a positive impact on life outcomes such as HS & college graduation and wages after schooling is completed.
www.nber.org/papers/w34046

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Parents' Day & Evidence on the Role of Partnership. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Celebrating Parents' Day, this webinar features research around the vital role parents play in family health and economic potential. Professor Tamara McGavock (Grinnell College & University of Chicago...

Interested in early intervention, family outcomes, supporting parents, or gender equality? Don’t miss this Heckman Equation webinar Monday, July 28. Professor Tamara McGavock and Dr. Richard Reeves will share evidence on the vital role parents play.
Register here: uchicago.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

60 years of Head Start. What's next? As Head Start marked its 60th anniversary this past May, the program’s legacy stands as more than a historical benchmark. It offers a powerful example of how early learning can drive equity, resilienc...

Head Start improves life outcomes because it builds multiple skills, HCEO’s @heckmanequation.bsky.social and @Alison Baulos tell Second Wave Michigan. Early learning within nurturing relationships builds skills that deliver positive outcomes throughout life. www.secondwavemedia.com/features/60-...

Abstract for NBER WP 34040, “The Impact of Unconditional Cash Transfers on Parenting and Children”

1000 low income adults were randomly selected to receive $1000/month for 3 years, with a control group receiving $50/month over that same period. Many of them had children in the household. How did it affect how they parented and their kids’ outcomes? www.nber.org/papers/w34040

New from @heckmanequation.bsky.social Colleen P. Loughlin & Haihan Tian: Participating in high school or college athletics and intermural sports has a positive impact on life outcomes such as high school & college graduation and wages after schooling is completed. www.nber.org/papers/w34046

Orange, pink, and yellow book cover with white text, showing various objects representing women's lives, from a house to a kid's bike to an airplane, with some objects representing the stress of it all: dinner on fire, a broken high heel, a crying baby, a spilled coffee cup, and overflowing inbox. Having It All: What Data Tells Us About Women's Lives and Getting the Most Out of Yours. Corinne Low, PhD. On Sale 9.23.25.

Thrilled to share the cover of my upcoming book, Having It All: What Data Tells Us About Women's Lives and Getting the Most Out of Yours. @flatironbooks.bsky.social, Sept 23! Containing 15 years of research & my personal story. Preorder links, book talks, & newsletter here! corinnelow.com/book

Assessing the quality of Chinese rural schools by extracting the differential labor market earnings of rural migrant workers, from Eric A. Hanushek, Le Kang, Xueying Li, and Lei Zhang https://www.nber.org/papers/w34005

Intergenerational occupational mobility and health in the United States Does intergenerational occupational mobility impact health and well-being net of occupational origins and destinations? Are the net effects of mobilit…

"Does intergenerational occupational mobility impact health and well-being net of occupational origins and destinations?"

Hyeyun Jeong, Jiahui Xu, John Robert Warren, Liying Luo, Eric Grodsky, and Chandra Muller

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From Rural Schools to City Factories: Assessing the Quality of Chinese Rural Schools Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

New from HCEO member Eric Hanushek in @nber.org working papers:
www.nber.org/papers/w34005

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Parents' Day & Evidence on the Role of Partnership. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Celebrating Parents' Day, this webinar features research around the vital role parents play in family health and economic potential. Professor Tamara McGavock (Grinnell College & University of Chicago...

Interested in gender equality, household labor, & family outcomes? Join ‪@heckmanequation.bsky.social‬ July 28 for a webinar highlighting evidence on parents’ vital role in family health & economic potential, with @tamaramcgavock.bsky.social‬ and Richard Reeves. uchicago.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Catalyzing Growth: Using Data to Change Child Care Explore how data can catalyze or accelerate the changes that our child care system needs

Economics & Child Care: Where Are We Now and Where Do We Go?

I appreciated the chance to analyze the issues and options with a great groups of economists and child development and policy leaders.

Here's the report.
#EconSky #PolicySky
www.childcareaware.org/economics-an...

Why research is not enough

I wrote for Columbia University Press: I would like to say that whether to engage with the public is a career choice reasonably left to the individual scholar. In today’s world, I don’t think so. Everyone needs to find a way to express how our work matters. cupblog.org/2025/07/10/w...

Identifying the effect of subtitling in comparing English to math skills in European countries that do and do not use subtitles, from Frauke Baumeister, Eric A. Hanushek, and Ludger Woessmann https://www.nber.org/papers/w33984

Out-of-School Learning: Subtitling vs. Dubbing and the Acquisition of Foreign-Language Skills Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

Interesting findings from HCEO member @Eric Hanushek: out-of-school learning is an important part of developing English language skills — and subtitled TV content provides a bigger boost than dubbing. www.nber.org/papers/w33984

Why Is Fertility So Low in High Income Countries? Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

www.nber.org/papers/w33989

Very clear article discussing our @beckerfriedman.bsky.social / @nber.org working paper and other aspects of healthcare job growth.

The full paper together with @nealemahoney.bsky.social @siepr.bsky.social @kevinrinz.bsky.social @victoriaudalova.bsky.social is here: gottlieb.ca/papers/Healt...

CUNY's ACE program raised BA completion. An analysis finds ACE yields $48K in net social benefits per participant—rising to $130K when intergenerational benefits are included, from Scott-Clayton, Garfinkel, Ananat, Collyer, Hartley, Koutavas, Wang, and Wimer https://www.nber.org/papers/w33956

I am grateful to Ed for his mentorship and to SAET for inviting me to give this lecture.

The Net Benefits of Raising Bachelor’s Degree Completion through the City University of New York ACE Program Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

@cuny.edu's ACE program — designed to boost bachelor’s degree completion --pays off with net social benefits >$48,000 over a participant’s lifetime from higher earnings & labor force attachment, better health, lower public transfers, and benefits to the next generation.
www.nber.org/papers/w33956

In a new working paper, HCEO member Zhixiu Yu7 and coauthor Abdoulaye Ndiaye model retirement dynamics and find that increasing the retirement age may not be the best way to stabilize social security systems. More flexible policies can improve welfare. hceconomics.uchicago.edu/research/wor...

A Matter of Time? Measuring Effects of Public Schooling Expansions on Families Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

Expansion of full-day kindergarten availability was responsible for nearly a quarter of the growth in employment of mothers with kindergarten-aged children between 1992 and 2022. www.nber.org/papers/w33948

🚨🚨🚨Blockbuster paper out today! Bear with me as I explain why this one is so important.

🤔 The *economic* anger about immigration is based on the false notion that immigrants take jobs or lower wages. A major misunderstanding behind this view is that immigrants only increase the supply of labor.

New @nberpubs: "The Labor Supply Curve is Upward Sloping: The Effects of Immigrant-Induced Demand Shocks" www.nber.org/papers/w3393...
"We find large, positive, and persistent effects of [immigrant] demand exposure to EU expansion on native worker income."

Expertise Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

New from HCEO member @davidauto.bsky.social in @NBER : a framework resolves the puzzle of why routine task automation has lowered employment but often raised wages in routine, task-intensive occupations. www.nber.org/papers/w33941

Great to see important work on gender norms in economics from HCEO members @shellyjlundberg.bsky.social, @maltesandner.bsky.social and more — coedited by @emmatominey.bsky.social

My new book RAISING A NATION: 10 REASONS EVERY AMERICAN HAS A STAKE IN CHILD CARE FOR ALL is available for pre-order! www.amazon.com/dp/0197799299/

Also, if you email your preorder receipt to raisinganationbook at gmail dot com, you'll get a free 6-month subscription to my Family Frontier substack.

Congrats to our forward-thinking HCEO member @s-stantcheva.bsky.social!