The Political Economy of State and Local Investment in Pre-K Programs / Matthew E. Kahn, Kyle Barron.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kahn, Matthew E.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Barron, Kyle.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w21208.

NBER working paper series no. w21208

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2015.

Summary:

The expansion of access to publicly provided pre-kindergarten bundles together redistribution to the poor with an early human capital investment. Financing publicly provided pre-K investment is mainly a state and local issue. Which voters favor local pre-K expansion? This paper uses several new data sets to describe the circumstances such that local voters reveal a willingness to spend on an early intervention that may not yield direct benefits for them. Republican voters consistently oppose the expansion of publicly provided pre-K. Suburban voters also tend to oppose such investment. We explore several possible explanations for these facts.

Notes:

Print version record

May 2015.