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Labor Market Discrimination and Racial Differences in Premarket Factors
Carneiro, Pedro Manuel; Heckman, James J.; Masterov, … - 2021
important for explaining the labor market outcomes of adults. This evidence points to the importance of early (preschool) family … factors and environments in explaining both cognitive and noncognitive ability differentials by ethnicity and race. Policies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013252350
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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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Life Cycle Schooling and Dynamic Selection Bias : Models and Evidence for Five Cohorts
Cameron, Stephen V.; Heckman, James J. - 2021
This paper examines an empirical regularity found in many societies: that family influences on the probability of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013311632