@article{352805, author = {Bartik, Timothy J.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/352805}, title = {Investing in kids : early childhood programs and local economic development /}, publisher = {W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research,}, abstract = {Bartik measures ratios of local economic development benefits to costs for both early childhood education and business incentives. He shows that early childhood programs and the best-designed business incentives can provide local benefits that significantly exceed costs. --from publisher description}, recid = {352805}, pages = {xix, 417 p. :}, address = {Kalamazoo, Mich. :}, year = {2011}, }