TY - BOOK N2 - 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 AB - 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 T1 - Investing in kids :early childhood programs and local economic development / DA - 2011. CY - Kalamazoo, Mich. : AU - Bartik, Timothy J. CN - HC79.E47 CN - HC79.E47 PB - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, PP - Kalamazoo, Mich. : PY - 2011. ID - 352805 KW - Economic development KW - Early childhood education SN - 9780880993739 alk. paper) SN - 0880993731 (alk. paper) SN - 9780880993722 (pbk. : alk. paper) SN - 0880993723 (pbk. : alk. paper) TI - Investing in kids :early childhood programs and local economic development / ER -