Preschool Politics: Divergent Policy Experiences & the Cross-Cutting Political Consequences of Limited Universal Preschool, Natural & Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Parents in New York State

• In Event: Education, Mobility, and Economic Inequality

Brief Overview

I argue lived experiences with policy drive political attitudes, using the case of limited universal preschool in NY. Natural & quasi-experimental analyses yield causal support: a semester of UPK generates expectations of public responsibility.

Author

• Sophie Jacobson, Yale University