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. 2006 Jun 30;312(5782):1900-2.
doi: 10.1126/science.1128898.

Skill formation and the economics of investing in disadvantaged children

James J Heckman  1
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Skill formation and the economics of investing in disadvantaged children

James J Heckman. Science. .

Abstract

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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