About
Biography
Temple is a professor of public affairs and teaches in the social policy area. As a public economist, her interests are in cost-benefit analysis, program evaluation, early childhood education, public finance and social impact financing. Temple is currently involved in research on school-based preschool programs. In addition, Temple is a PI on a three-year grant from the US Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children & Families on access to childcare for parents of infants and toddlers. She serves as a co-director of the Human Capital Research Collaborative and is the Director of the Humphrey School PhD program.
Education
PhD in Economics (Michigan State University, 1990)
BA in Economics (UW-Madison, 1984)
Recent Publications
Reynolds, A. J. & Temple, J. A. (2019). Sustaining Early Childhood Learning Gains: Program, School, and Family Influences. Cambridge University Press:
Reynolds, A. J., Ou, S. & Temple, J. A. (2018). A multicomponent, preschool to third grade preventive intervention and educational attainment at 35 years of age, JAMA Pediatrics, 172, 247-256
Temple, J. A. (18 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2018). What research supports - letter to editor. Star Tribune: Minneapolis, MN
Temple, J. A. & Reynolds, A. J. (2015). Using Benefit-Cost Analysis to Scale Up Early Childhood Programs through Pay-for-Success Financing, JOURNAL OF BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS, 6(3), 628-653
