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The developmental approach to child and adult health
Conti, Gabriella; Heckman, James J. - 2012
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/10010291401
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The developmental approach to child and adult health
Conti, Gabriella; Heckman, James J. - 2012
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 … pediatrics. We discuss current challenges to the field and suggest avenues for future research. -- health ; prevention …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009680986
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The Developmental Approach to Child and Adult Health
Conti, Gabriella - 2012
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/10013096441
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The Developmental Approach to Child and Adult Health
Conti, Gabriella; Heckman, James J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
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/10011271974
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The Productivity Argument for Investing in Young Children
Heckman, James J.; Masterov, Dimitriy V. - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317137
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The Productivity Argument for Investing in Young Children
Heckman, James J.; Masterov, Dimitriy V. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007
This paper presents a productivity argument for investing in disadvantaged young children. For such investment, there is no equity-efficiency tradeoff.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005085285
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General Equilibrium Cost Benefit Analysis of Education and Tax Policies
Lochner, Lance; Heckman, James J.; Taber, Christopher - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 1999
This paper formulates and estimates an open-economy overlapping generation general-equilibrium model of endogenous heterogeneous human capital in the form of schooling and on-the-job training. Physical capital accumulation is also analyzed. We use the model to explain rising wage inequality in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005714648
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The Productivity Argument for Investing in Young Children
Heckman, James J.; Masterov, Dimitriy V. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
This paper presents a productivity argument for investing in disadvantaged young children. For such investment, there is no equity-efficiency tradeoff.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763728
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The Causal Effects of Youth Cigarette Addiction and Education
Hai, Rong; Heckman, James J. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We develop and estimate a life-cycle model in a rational addiction framework where youth choose to smoke, attend school, work part-time, and consume while facing borrowing constraints. The model features multiple channels for studying the reciprocal causal effects of addiction and education....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013334521
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The Developmental Approach to Child and Adult Health
Conti, Gabriella; Heckman, James J. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
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/10010652309