Presentations from the March 4-5, 2009 Workshop on Strengthening Benefit-Cost Methodology for the Evaluation of Early Childhood Interventions

WORKSHOP AGENDA

Introduction

Lynn A. Karoly, Overview of Benefit-Cost Analysis for Early Childhood Interventions

Panel 1: Methodological Issues in Evaluation Design

Jens Ludwig, Causal Inference and Benefit-Cost Analysis

David Deming, Multiple Inference in Early Childhood Program Evaluations

Panel 2: Resources and Costs for Full Scale Early Childhood Interventions

Henry Levin, Resources and Costs for Full Implementation

Clive Belfield, Costs Analysis for Early Childhood Interventions: Evidence from New Jersey

Panel 3: Early Childhood Intervention Outcomes for Benefit-Cost Analysis

Steve Barnett, Sins of the Fathers? Lessons from the Perry, Abecedarian, and CPC Studies

Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Thoughts on Programs to Reduce School Readiness Gaps

Panel 4: Assessing Long-term Outcomes

Katherine Magnuson, Approaches to Projecting (or Guesstimating) Long-Term Outcomes

Janet Currie, Leveraging Administrative Data to Assess Long-Term Effects

Panel 5: Valuation of Outcomes and Resources/Costs

David Weimer, Shadow Prices Needed for CBAs of Early Childhood Interventions

Myrick Freeman, Valuation in Environmental Economics

Philip J. Cook, Valuing Crime and Crime-related Impacts

Donald Kenkel, Valuation in Health Economics

Panel 6: Generalizability of Benefit-Cost Analyses

Mark W. Lipsey, Generalizability: The Role of Meta-Analysis

Howard S. Bloom, Generalizing from Variation In Intervention Effects

Panel 7: Policy Decision-Making Roundtable

Jon Baron, What Research Is Needed for Effective Policymaking in Early Childhood?: A Few Thoughts/Suggestions

Steve Aos, Evidence & Economics in State Capitals: Lessons Learned From Washington State

Conclusion

Robert Haveman, Some Summary Thoughts and Comments