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Early health shocks, intrahousehold resource allocation, and child outcomes
Yi, Junjian; Heckman, James J.; Zhang, Junsen; Conti, … - 2014
. Discussions usually focus on one dimension of child investment. This paper examines multiple dimensions using household survey …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010457824
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China's human capital investment
Heckman, James J. - In: China economic review : an international journal 16 (2005) 1, pp. 50-70
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002627511
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Human capital, economic growth, and inequality in China
Heckman, James J.; Yi, Junjian - 2012
China's rapid growth was fueled by substantial physical capital investments applied to a large stock of medium skilled … the past decade, China has made substantial investments in producing it. The egalitarian access to medium skilled …. China's growth will be fostered by expanding access to all levels of education, reducing impediments to labor mobility, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009537580
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China's Investment in Human Capital
Heckman, James J. - 2002
This paper discusses evidence on human capital investment in China. Policies through the mid 1990s favor physical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469411
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Early Health Shocks, Intrahousehold Resource Allocation, and Child Outcomes
Yi, Junjian - 2014
. Discussions usually focus on one dimension of child investment. This paper examines multiple dimensions using household survey …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012457909
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Human Capital, Economic Growth, and Inequality in China
Heckman, James J. - 2012
China's rapid growth was fueled by substantial physical capital investments applied to a large stock of medium skilled … the past decade, China has made substantial investments in producing it. The egalitarian access to medium skilled …. China's growth will be fostered by expanding access to all levels of education, reducing impediments to labor mobility, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012460559
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The life-cycle benefits of an influential early childhood program
García García-Menéndez, Jorge Luis; Heckman, James J.; … - 2016
This paper estimates the long-term benefits from an influential early childhood program targeting disadvantaged families. The program was evaluated by random assignment and followed participants through their mid-30s. It has substantial beneficial impacts on health, children's future labor...
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Earnings functions and rates of return
Heckman, James J. (contributor); Lochner, Lance (contributor) - 2008
The internal rate of return to schooling is a fundamental economic parameter that is often used to assess whether expenditure on education should be increased or decreased. This paper considers alternative approaches to estimating marginal internal rates of return for different schooling levels....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003652689
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The economics and psychology of inequality and human development
Cunha, Flávio; Heckman, James J. - 2009
Recent research on the economics of human development deepens understanding of the origins of inequality and excellence. It draws on and contributes to personality psychology and the psychology of human development. Inequalities in family environments and investments in children are substantial....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003809175
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Policies to create and destroy human capital in Europe
Heckman, James J.; Jacobs, Bas - 2009
Trends in skill bias and greater turbulence in modern labor markets put wages and employment prospects of unskilled 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...
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