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Earnings functions, rates of return and treatment effects: the Mincer equation and beyond
Heckman, James Joseph; Lochner, Lance J.; Todd, Petra E. - 2005
of return that takes into account tuition, income taxes and forms of uncertainty. We also contrast estimates based on a …
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Schools, skills, and synapses
Heckman, James Joseph - 2008
emergence of differentials in abilities between children of advantaged families and children of disadvantaged families, (c) the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274246
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Separating Uncertainty from Heterogeneity in Life Cycle Earnings
Cunha, Flavio; Heckman, James Joseph; Navarro, Salvador - 2004
forecastable at the time students decide to go to college (heterogeneity) and components that are unforecastable. About 60% of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274207
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Policies to create and destroy human capital in Europe
Heckman, James Joseph; Jacobs, Bas - 2009
complementarities in skill formation. Investments in the human capital of children should expand relative to investment in older workers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274258
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The Effect of Schooling and Ability on Achievement Test Scores
Hansen, Karsten T.; Heckman, James Joseph; Mullen, … - 2003
This paper develops two methods for estimating the effect of schooling on achievement test scores that control for the endogeneity of schooling by postulating that both schooling and test scores are generated by a common unobserved latent ability. These methods are applied to data on schooling...
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