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The economics of human development and social mobility

Heckman, James J.; Mosso, Stefano - 2014

This paper distills and extends recent research on the economics of human development and social mobility. It summarizes the evidence from diverse literatures on the importance of early life conditions in shaping multiple life skills and the evidence on critical and sensitive investment periods...

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Parenting promotes social mobility within and across generations

García García-Menéndez, Jorge Luis; Heckman, James J. - 2022

This paper compares early childhood enrichment programs that promote social mobility for disadvantaged children within and across generations. Instead of conducting a standard meta-analysis, we present a harmonized primary data analysis of programs that shape current policy. Our analysis is a...

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Policies to create and destroy human capital in Europe

Heckman, James J.; Jacobs, Bas - 2009

workers under pressure. Weak incentives to utilize and maintain skills over the life-cycle become manifest with the ageing of … the population. Reinvention of human capital policies is required to avoid increasing welfare state dependency among the … entail strong incentives to retire early and human capital is thus written off too quickly. -- Skill formation ; human …

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Economic, neurobiological and behavioral perspectives on building America's future workforce

Knudsen, Eric I.; Heckman, James J.; Cameron, Judy L.; … - 2006

A growing proportion of the U.S. workforce will have been raised in disadvantaged environments that are associated with relatively high proportions of individuals with diminished cognitive and social skills. A cross-disciplinary examination of research in economics, developmental psychology, and...

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Estimating the technology of cognitive and noncognitive skill formation

Cunha, Flávio; Heckman, James J.; Schennach, Susanne M. - 2010

of substitution between investments in one period and stocks of skills in that period to assess the benefits of early … of substitution between investments in one period and stocks of skills in that period to assess the benefits of early …

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Policies to promote growth and economic efficiency in Mexico

Arias, Javier; Azuara, Oliver; Bernal, Pedro; Heckman, … - 2010

This paper discusses the problems facing the Mexican economy. It operates under a heavy burden of monopoly and regulation. We focus on two issues that should receive more attention in discussions of Mexican policy. (1) The family is under stress in Mexico and this retards the growth of skills of...

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Investing in our young people

Cunha, Flávio; Heckman, James J. - 2010

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...

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The effects of two influential early childhood interventions on health and healthy behaviors

Conti, Gabriella; Heckman, James J.; Pinto, Rodrigo - 2015

This paper examines the long-term impacts on health and healthy behaviors of two of the oldest and most widely cited U.S. early childhood interventions evaluated by the method of randomization with long-term follow-up: the Perry Preschool Project (PPP) and the Carolina Abecedarian Project (ABC)....

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Transcriptional modulation of the developing immune system by early life social adversity

Cole, Steven W.; Conti, Gabriella; Arevalo, Jesusa M.; … - 2012

To identify molecular mechanisms by which early life social conditions might influence adult risk of disease in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta), we analyze changes in basal leukocyte gene expression profiles in 4-month-old animals reared under adverse social conditions. Compared to the basal...

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Measuring investment in human capital formation : an experimental analysis of early life outcomes

Doyle, Orla; Harmon, Colm; Heckman, James J.; Logue, … - 2013

The literature on skill formation and human capital development clearly demonstrates that early investment in children is an equitable and efficient policy with large returns in adulthood. Yet little is known about the mechanisms involved in producing these long-term effects. This paper presents...

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