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Almlund, Mathilde - 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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The Productivity Argument for Investing in Young Children

Heckman, James J.; Masterov, Dimitriy V. - 2021

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The determinants of participation in a social program : evidence from a prototypical job training program

Heckman, James J.; Smith, Jeffrey A. - In: Journal of labor economics 22 (2004) 2, pp. 243-298

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Taking the easy way out : how the GED testing program induces students to drop out

Heckman, James J.; Humphries, John Eric; LaFontaine, Paul A. - In: Journal of labor economics 30 (2012) 3, pp. 495-520

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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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Bias-corrected estimates of GED returns

Heckman, James J.; LaFontaine, Paul A. - In: Journal of labor economics 24 (2006) 3, pp. 661-700

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The nonequivalence of high school equivalents

Cameron, Stephen V. - In: Journal of labor economics 11 (1993) 1, pp. 1-47

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Decomposing trends in inequality in earnings into forecastable and uncertain components

Cunha, Flávio; Heckman, James J. - In: Journal of labor economics 34 (2016) 2, pp. 31-65

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