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The returns of an additional year of schooling: The case of state-mandated kindergarten

Jade Jenkins
Tuesday, March 19, 2019
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Jade Jenkins
Early Childhood Initiative Lecture, featuring Jade Jenkins

Jade Jenkins will discuss her research on the effects of state mandatory kindergarten requirements on long-term educational attainment and labor market outcomes.

Jenkins is an assistant professor at University of California-Irvine's School of Education, studying early childhood development policy. Her work is multidisciplinary, extending through education, economics, developmental psychology, political science, public health, neuroscience, and sociology. Her research focuses on issues that are amenable to policy intervention, using diverse methods to evaluate program effects and make causal inferences.

Jenkins received her B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Florida in family, youth and community sciences, and her Ph.D. in public policy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her master's focus was in community development and poverty reduction.

Contact: Erika Layko