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The Evolution of Inequality, Heterogeneity and Uncertainty in Labor Earnings in the U.S. Economy

Cunha, Flavio; Heckman, James J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

A large empirical literature documents a rise in wage inequality in the American economy. It is silent on whether the … increase in inequality is due to greater heterogeneity in the components of earnings that are predictable by agents or whether … in the variance of returns to schooling is due to increased uncertainty. Using conventional measures of income inequality …

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Understanding the mechanisms through which an influential early childhood program boosted adult outcomes

Heckman, James J.; Pinto, Rodrigo; Savelyev, Peter - 2012

A growing literature establishes that high quality early childhood interventions targeted toward disadvantaged children have substantial impacts on later life outcomes. Little is known about the mechanisms producing these impacts. This paper uses longitudinal data on cognitive and personality...

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The effects of cognitive and noncognitive abilities on labor market outcomes and social behavior

Heckman, James J.; Stixrud, Jora; Urzua, Sergio - In: Journal of labor economics 24 (2006) 3, pp. 411-482

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Fostering and Measuring Skills: Interventions That Improve Character and Cognition

Heckman, James J.; Kautz, Tim - 2013

This paper reviews the recent literature on measuring and boosting cognitive and noncognitive skills. The literature establishes that achievement tests do not adequately capture character skills - personality traits, goals, motivations, and preferences that are valued in the labor market, in...

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Identification problems in personality psychology

Borghans, Lex; Golsteyn, Bart; Heckman, James J.; … - 2011

This paper discusses and illustrates identification problems in personality psychology. The measures used by psychologists to infer traits are based on behaviors, broadly defined. These behaviors are produced from multiple traits interacting with incentives in situations. In general, measures...

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Personality psychology and economics

Almlund, Mathilde; Duckworth, Angela Lee; Heckman, James J. - 2011

This paper explores the power of personality traits both as predictors and as causes of academic and economic success, health, and criminal activity. Measured personality is interpreted as a construct derived from an economic model of preferences, constraints, and information. Evidence is...

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Integrating personality psychology into economics

Heckman, James J. - 2011

This paper reviews the problems and potential benefits of integrating personality psychology into economics. Economists have much to learn from and contribute to personality psychology.

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Hard evidence on soft skills

Heckman, James J.; Kautz, Tim - 2012

This paper summarizes recent evidence on what achievement tests measure; how achievement tests relate to other measures of cognitive ability like IQ and grades; the important skills that achievement tests miss or mismeasure, and how much these skills matter in life. Achievement tests miss, or...

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Parenting Promotes Social Mobility Within and Across Generations

García, 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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Human capital, economic growth, and inequality in China

Heckman, James J.; Yi, Junjian - 2012

education characteristic of the pre-reform era has given rise to substantial inequality in access to higher levels of education …

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