Conception to age 2 - The economics of early years' investment Published: 01 March 2013 This extract is from the full report, 'Conception to age 2 - the age of opportunity' and contains the economic argument for investing in the early years. 'The economics of early years' investment' lays out the economic case for investment by looking at both international and UK-based studies on return on investment for early years' interventions. It is also available in Appendix 4 (page 100) of the main report. Download the extract: Related page: Conception to age 2 - the age of opportunity