Skill formation and the economics of investing in disadvantaged children.
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.
Heckman
James J
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Department of Economics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. jjh@uchicago.edu
D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D018479:Early Intervention, Educational / Q000191:economics; D004493:Education / Q000191:economics; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D007223:Infant; D007360:Intelligence; D011640:Public Policy; D014481:United States; D035862:Vulnerable Populations