Search Results - "Karoly, Lynn A."

Universal Early Childhood Education and Care for Toddlers and Achievement Outcomes in Middle Childhood by Zachrisson, Henrik Daae, Dearing, Eric, Borgen, Nicolai Topstad, Sandsør, Astrid Marie Jorde, Karoly, Lynn A.

“…We estimated the effects of Norway's universal ECEC program-expanding access to 1- and 2-year-olds starting in the early 2000s-on standardized math and…”
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A golden opportunity: Advancing California's early care and education workforce professional development system by Karoly, Lynn A

“…This study focuses on the education, training, and ongoing professional development of early care and education (ECE) caregivers, teachers, and administrators…”
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The Economic Returns to Early Childhood Education by Karoly, Lynn A.

“…One way to assess the value of preschool education programs is to compare their upfront costs with the economic benefits they produce, measured by such…”
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Housing insecurity and sleep among welfare recipients in California by Bozick, Robert, Troxel, Wendy M, Karoly, Lynn A

“…Abstract Study Objectives To estimate the effect of housing insecurity on sleep duration and sleep quality. Methods Using longitudinal data from a sample of…”
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The Widening Achievement Gap Between Rich and Poor in a Nordic Country by Sandsør, Astrid Marie Jorde, Zachrisson, Henrik Daae, Karoly, Lynn A., Dearing, Eric

“…We study a decade of achievement gaps for fifth-, eighth-, and 10th-grade students in Norway using administrative population data. Norway is a wealthy and…”
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Early Care and Education for Children in Immigrant Families by Karoly, Lynn A., Gonzalez, Gabriella C.

“…A substantial and growing share of the population, immigrant children are more likely than children with native-born parents to face a variety of…”
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The 21st Century at Work: Forces Shaping the Future Workforce and Workplace in the United States by Karoly, Lynn A, Panis, Constantijin, Panis, Constantijn

“…What are the forces that will continue to shape the U.S. workforce and workplace over the next 10 to 15 years? With its eye on forming sound policy and helping…”
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Standards of Evidence for Conducting and Reporting Economic Evaluations in Prevention Science by Crowley, D. Max, Dodge, Kenneth A., Barnett, W. Steven, Corso, Phaedra, Duffy, Sarah, Graham, Phillip, Greenberg, Mark, Haskins, Ron, Hill, Laura, Jones, Damon E., Karoly, Lynn A., Kuklinski, Margaret R., Plotnick, Robert

“…Over a decade ago, the Society for Prevention Research endorsed the first standards of evidence for research in preventive interventions. The growing…”
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INTENDED AND UNINTENDED EFFECTS OF THE WAR ON POVERTY: WHAT RESEARCH TELLS US AND IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICY by Bitler, Marianne P., Karoly, Lynn A.

“…During the mid-1960s, the United States adopted a series of cash and in-kind transfer programs, as well as human capital investment strategies, as part of the…”
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The Economics of Investing in Universal Preschool Education in California by Karoly, Lynn A, Bigelow, James H

“…There is increased interest in California and other states in providing universal access to publicly funded preschool education. In considering such a program,…”
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Demographic Change, Rising Earnings Inequality, and the Distribution of Personal Well-Being, 1959-1989 by Karoly, Lynn A., Burtless, Gary

“…This paper uses new methods to determine the sources of the sharp fall and then the steep rise in personal income inequality between 1959 and 1989. The…”
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Transitions to self-employment at older ages: The role of wealth, health, health insurance and other factors by Zissimopoulos, Julie M., Karoly, Lynn A.

“…Relatively little research has been devoted to studying self-employment among older workers although they make up a disproportionate share of the self-employed…”
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Investing in Our Children: What We Know and Don't Know about the Costs and Benefits of Early Childhood Interventions by Karoly, Lynn A, Greenwood, Peter W, Everingham, Susan S, Hoube, Jill, Kilburn, M. Rebecca, Rydell, C. Peter, Sanders, Matthew, Chiesa, James

“…This study quantified the benefits to children and parents participating in nine early intervention programs and conducted a cost-benefit analysis of the Perry…”
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EMPLOYMENT AND SELF-EMPLOYMENT IN THE WAKE OF HURRICANE KATRINA by ZISSIMOPOULOS, JULIE, KAROLY, LYNN A.

“…We use data from the monthly Current Population Survey to examine the short-and longer-term effects of Hurricane Katrina on the labor market outcomes of…”
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Understanding variation in classroom quality within early childhood centers: Evidence from Colorado's quality rating and improvement system by Karoly, Lynn A., Zellman, Gail L., Perlman, Michal

“…•We use administrative data from Colorado with measures of quality for all classrooms.•We decompose the variation in the classroom environment rating scale…”
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Labor-Force Dynamics at Older Ages: Movements Into Self-Employment for Workers and Nonworkers by Zissimopoulos, Julie M., Karoly, Lynn A.

“…Labor-market transitions toward the latter parts of workers' careers can be complex, with movement between jobs and classes of work and in and out of…”
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Representativeness of the low-income population in the Health and Retirement Study by Meijer, Erik, Karoly, Lynn A.

“…We study to what extent the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) is representative of all income groups, but with a particular emphasis on low-income groups. To…”
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Early Childhood Interventions: Proven Results, Future Promise by Karoly, Lynn A, Kilburn, M. Rebecca, Cannon, Jill S

“…Parents, policymakers, business leaders, and the general public increasingly recognize the importance of the first few years in the life of a child for…”
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Effects of Work-Conditioned Transfers on Marriage and Child Well-Being: A Review by Grogger, Jeffrey, Karoly, Lynn A.

“…Transfer payments to poor families are increasingly conditioned on work. Although the effects of such programmes on employment are fairly well understood,…”
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Composite Estimates from Incomplete and Complete Frames for Minimum-MSE Estimation in a Rare Population: An Application to Families with Young Children by Ghosh-Dastidar, Bonnie, Elliott, Marc N., Haviland, Amelia M., Karoly, Lynn A.

“…Random digit dialing (RDD) can be costly for a rare population, but inexpensive convenience samples are unrepresentative by themselves. We combine biased…”
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