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The Scandinavian fantasy : the sources of intergenerational mobility in Denmark and the U.S.

Landersø, Rasmus; Heckman, James J. - 2016

because of disincentives to acquire education arising from the redistributional policies that increase income mobility. …

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Education, health and wages

Heckman, James J.; Humphries, John Eric; Veramendi, Gregory - 2014

responses to education and find evidence for substantial heterogeneity in unobserved variables on which agents make choices. The … estimated treatment effects of education are decomposed into the direct benefits of attaining a given level of schooling and … estimated treatment effects. While the estimated causal effects of education are substantial for most outcomes, we also estimate …

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Returns to education : the causal effects of education on earnings, health and smoking

Heckman, James J.; Humphries, John Eric; Veramendi, Gregory - 2016

This paper estimates returns to education using a dynamic model of educational choice that synthesizes approaches in … differentials. For some, there are substantial causal effects of education at all stages of schooling. …

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Symposium on child development and parental investment : introduction

Francesconi, Marco; Heckman, James J. - 2016

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International migration of couples

Junge, Martin; Munk, Martin D.; Poutvaara, Panu - 2014

. College education of either partner makes couples more, and having children makes couples less mobile. Power couples are most …

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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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Randomization and social policy evaluation revisited

Heckman, James J. - 2020

This paper examines the case for randomized controlled trials in economics. I revisit my previous paper "Randomization and Social Policy Evaluation" and update its message. I present a brief summary of the history of randomization in economics. I identify two waves of enthusiasm for the method...

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Intergenerational transmission of family influence

Eshaghnia, Sadegh S. M.; Heckman, James J.; Landersø, … - 2022

outcomes (including children's own expected lifetime resources and education) than the income measures traditionally used in …

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Firms' ethics, consumer boycotts, and signalling

Glazer, Amihai (contributor); Kanniainen, Vesa (contributor) - 2008

This paper develops a theory of consumer boycotts. Some consumers care not only about the products they buy but also about whether the firm behaves ethically. Other consumers do not care about the behavior of the firm but yet may like to give the impression of being ethical consumers....

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