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Investing in Our Young People / Flavio Cunha, James J. Heckman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cunha, Flavio.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w16201.
- NBER working paper series no. w16201
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2010.
- Summary:
- This paper reviews the recent literature on the production of skills of young persons. The literature features the multiplicity of skills that explain success in a variety of life outcomes. Noncognitive skills play a fundamental role in successful lives. The dynamics of skill formation reveal the interplay of cognitive and noncognitive skills, and the presence of critical and sensitive periods in the life-cycle. We discuss the optimal timing of investment over the life-cycle.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- July 2010.
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