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Treatment Effects and the Measurement of Skills in a Prototypical Home Visiting Program
Heckman, James J. - 2020
identify average treatment effects of skills on performance in a variety of tasks. The program substantially improves child …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012831282
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Understanding the Mechanisms Through Which an Influential Early Childhood Program Boosted Adult Outcomes
Heckman, James J. - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013097268
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The Economics of Child Well-Being
Conti, Gabriella - 2012
This paper presents an integrated economic approach that organizes and interprets the evidence on child development. It … also discusses the indicators of child well-being that are used in international comparisons. Recent evidence on child … development is summarized, and policies to promote child well-being are discussed. The paper concludes with some open questions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013098980
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The Developmental Approach to Child and Adult Health
Conti, Gabriella - 2013
an integrated developmental approach to child and adult health that considers the costs and benefits of interventions … over the life cycle. We suggest policies to promote child health which are currently outside the boundaries of conventional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013089128
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Estimating the Technology of Cognitive and Noncognitive Skill Formation
Cunha, Flavio - 2015
This paper formulates and estimates multistage production functions for children's cognitive and noncognitive skills. Skills are determined by parental environments and investments at different stages of childhood. We estimate the elasticity of substitution between investments in one period and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013039154
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The Productivity Argument for Investing in Young Children
Heckman, James J. - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012760216
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Schools, Skills, and Synapses
Heckman, James J. - 2008
This paper discusses (a) the role of cognitive and noncognitive ability in shaping adult outcomes, (b) the early emergence of differentials in abilities between children of advantaged families and children of disadvantaged families, (c) the role of families in creating these abilities, (d)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012771710
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Early Childhood Education
Elango, Sneha - 2015
This paper organizes and synthesizes the literature on early childhood education and childcare. In it, we go beyond meta-analysis and reanalyze primary data sources in a common framework. We consider the evidence from means-tested demonstration programs, large-scale means-tested programs and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013011084
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The Economics of Human Development and Social Mobility
Heckman, James J. - 2014
transfer policies to poor families significantly boost child outcomes. Mentoring, parenting, and attachment are essential … will better capture the active role of the emerging autonomous child in learning and responding to the actions of parents …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013058273
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The Effects of Two Influential Early Childhood Interventions on Health and Healthy Behaviors
Conti, Gabriella - 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)....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013017503