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1. Hyman, Joshua
Identifying the Channels Through Which Head Start Affects Long-Term Outcomes
Presented: Washington, DC, Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness 2011 Meetings, March 3-5, 2011.
Also: http://www.sree.org/conferences/2011/program/
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult
Publisher: Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE)
Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; Behavior Problems Index (BPI); CESD (Depression Scale); Delinquency/Gang Activity; Drug Use; Head Start; Pearlin Mastery Scale; Preschool Children; Risk-Taking; Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) (see Self-Esteem); Self-Perception Profile for Children (SPPC); Temperament

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This paper uses nationally representative data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) Mother-Child supplement. The children observed in this data attend Head Start in hundreds of different classrooms and Head Start centers throughout the United States.

In this quasi-experimental study, I attempt to eliminate selection bias is by including family fixed effects. The use of family fixed effects implies that I am looking within a particular family and comparing the outcomes of those children who attended Head Start versus those who did not. This eliminates all potential biases, both observable and unobservable, that are constant across the children within the family, such as characteristics of the mother and family that are time invariant or at least determined before the children were born.

For adolescents ages 14-17, I use three direct measures of non-cognitive traits - the Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale, Pearlin Locus of Control Scale, and CES Depression Scale. Locus of control measures the degree to which a person believes that they can control the events that affect them. I also use two proxies for non-cognitive skills among adolescents ages 14-17. I construct a measure of risk aversion based off of 6 questions gauging attitudes toward risktaking. I also create a variable for drug and alcohol use, which is similar to that of the younger children.

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Hyman, Joshua. "Identifying the Channels Through Which Head Start Affects Long-Term Outcomes." Presented: Washington, DC, Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness 2011 Meetings, March 3-5, 2011.