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Effects of Welfare and Employment Policies on Young Children

New Findings on Policy Experiments Conducted in the Early 1990s

Working Paper

Effects of Welfare and Anti-Poverty Policies on Adult Economic and Middle-Childhood Outcomes Differ for the "Hardest to Employ"

Report

Effects of Reducing Child Care Subsidy Copayments in Washington State

Working Paper

Does Child Care Assistance Matter?

The Effects of Welfare and Employment Programs on Child Care

Working Paper

The Effects of Welfare and Employment Programs on Child Care for Pre-School-Aged Children

Methodological Publication

Designing and Analyzing Studies That Randomize Schools to Estimate Intervention Effects on Student Academic Outcomes Without Classroom-Level Information

Report

Creating a Platform for Sustained Neighborhood Improvement

Interim Findings from Chicago’s New Communities Program

Report

Coaching as a Key Component in Teachers’ Professional Development

Improving Classroom Practices in Head Start Settings

Report

Closing the Aspirations-Attainment Gap

Implications for High School Reform
A Commentary from Chicago

Working Paper

Child Care and Employment

Evidence from Random Assignment Studies of Welfare and Work Programs

Report

Can Teacher Training in Classroom Management Make a Difference for Children’s Experiences in Preschool?

A Preview of Findings from the Foundations of Learning Demonstration

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Can Low-Income Single Parents Move Up in the Labor Market?

Findings from the Employment Retention and Advancement Project

Report

Benefit-Cost Findings for Three Programs in the Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) Project

Working Paper

Barriers to Employment for Out-of-School Youth

Evidence from a Sample of Recent CET Applicants

Report

Background Characteristics and Patterns of Employment, Earnings, and Public Assistance Receipt of Adults in Two-Parent Families

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