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Principal Research Economist, L. William Seidman Research Institute
Includes a discussion of the child-care industry and its economic impact, a literature review of early care and education, and the costs and benefits of an early care and education program in Arizona.
Principal Research Economist, L. William Seidman Research Institute
After completing his undergraduate degree in economics at Wake Forest University, Kent received his Ph.D. in economics from Rice University in 1979. He was an assistant professor at ASU from 1978 to 1983. After leaving the university for seven years, during which he worked in the research department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, he returned to ASU to teach in 1991. He joined ASU’s L. William Seidman Research Institute in 1999.
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