%T A smart investment for a smarter Australia: economic analysis of universal early childhood education in the year before school in Australia %I The Front Project %D 2019 %K Early childhood education, %K Cost effectiveness, %K Cost-benefit analysis %U https://apo.org.au/node/243121 %X This report includes economic analysis of early childhood education in Australia. The analysis focusses on the early childhood education provided to children in the year before they start school. The analysis has considered the benefits of early childhood education for children, their parents or carers, governments and employers against the costs of providing that early childhood education. %9 Report %A PricewaterhouseCoopers Australia