More Hours, More Work: Head Start Expansions Boost Maternal Employment

We thank Carolyn Davin, Roberto Mendoza, Chris Monjaras, and Cindy Rojas for excellent research assistance, and staff members at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for help in understanding programmatic developments in Head Start. Liz Cascio, Anamarie Whitaker, Jocelyn Wikle, and conference participants at the AEA, APPAM, and SEA annual meetings, and MidSouth Education Policy Workshop at the University of Kentucky provided helpful comments. Gibbs gratefully acknowledges support from the National Science Foundation (SES-1824511) and the Russell Sage Foundation. Any errors or omissions are solely the responsibility of the authors. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.