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The Technology of Skill Formation

This paper develops a model of skill formation that explains a variety of findings established in the child development and child intervention literatures. At its core is a technology that is stage-specific and that features self productivity, dynamic complementarity and skill multipliers. Lessons are drawn for the design of new policies to alleviate the consequences of the accident of birth that is a major source of human inequality.
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2007-01
Authors: Cunha, Flavio ; Heckman, James
Institutions: National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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CH ED HE LS PE published as Flavio Cunha & James Heckman, 2007. "The Technology of Skill Formation," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 97(2), pages 31-47, May. Number 12840
Classification: I38 - Government Policy; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs ; J13 - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth ; J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
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