Research Report
The Effects of Investing in Early Education on Economic Growth
Date
January 1, 2006
By William T. Dickens, Isabel Sawhill and Jeffrey Tebbs
2006
Summary
The economic model in this paper predicts a 3.5 percent gain in the gross domestic product of the United States in the year 2080 – or 2 trillion dollars – as a result of investing in universal preschool throughout the country.