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Title: Skill Formation and the Economics of Investing in Disadvantaged Children
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Heckman, James J. |
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Skill Formation and the Economics of Investing in Disadvantaged Children Science 312,5782 (30 June 2006): 1900-1902 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Keyword(s): Children, Academic Development; Children, Behavioral Development; Family Income; Human Capital; Life Cycle Research; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Skill Formation Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This paper summarizes evidence on the effects of early environments on child, adolescent, and adult achievement. Life cycle skill formation is a dynamic process in which early inputs strongly affect the productivity of later inputs. |
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Heckman, James J. "Skill Formation and the Economics of Investing in Disadvantaged Children ." Science 312,5782 (30 June 2006): 1900-1902.
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