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Kindergartens in America

Philipp Ager [1], Francesco Cinnirella [2] interviewed by Tim Phillips [3], 11 September 2020

At the beginning of the 20th century more than 7,000 kindergartens were set up in the US. Philipp Ager and Francesco Cinnirella tell Tim Phillips about the profound effect of preschool on the life chances of a generation of immigrants.

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Topics:  Education [10] Migration [11] Poverty and income inequality [12]

Tags:  immigrants [13], preschool education [14], fertility [15]

Source URL: https://voxeu.org/vox-talks/kindergartens-america

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[1] https://voxeu.org/user/234882
[2] https://voxeu.org/user/232748
[3] https://voxeu.org/user/250023
[4] itpc://www.voxeu.org/rss.php?q=itunes_podcast
[5] https://voxeu.org/article/fostering-language-skills-children-less-educated-households
[6] https://voxeu.org/article/intergenerational-benefits-high-quality-early-childhood-education-underprivileged-children
[7] https://voxeu.org/article/long-term-benefits-quality-early-childcare
[8] https://voxeu.org/article/early-years-child-well-being-and-role-public-policy
[9] https://voxeu.org/article/early-childhood-education-and-social-mobility
[10] https://voxeu.org/content/topics/education
[11] https://voxeu.org/content/topics/migration
[12] https://voxeu.org/content/topics/poverty-and-income-inequality
[13] https://voxeu.org/taxonomy/term/2647
[14] https://voxeu.org/taxonomy/term/10293
[15] https://voxeu.org/taxonomy/term/417