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Education, health and wages
Heckman, James J.; Humphries, John Eric; Veramendi, Gregory - 2014
different levels of schooling on health, health-related behaviors, and labor market outcomes. We develop an approach that is a … shaping educational choices and labor market and health outcomes. We improve on LATE by identifying the groups affected by …
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The life-cycle benefits of an influential early childhood program
García García-Menéndez, Jorge Luis; Heckman, James J.; … - 2016
beneficial impacts on health, children's future labor incomes, crime, education, and mothers' labor incomes, with greater …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011595977
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The American high school graduation rate : trends and levels
Heckman, James J.; LaFontaine, Paul A. - 2008
This paper applies a unified methodology to multiple data sets to estimate both the levels and trends in U.S. high school graduation rates. We establish that (a) the true high school graduation rate is substantially lower than widely used measures; (b) the U.S. graduation rate peaked in the...
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The American high school graduation rate : trends and levels
Heckman, James J.; LaFontaine, Paul A. - In: The review of economics and statistics 92 (2010) 2, pp. 244-262
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The American high school graduation rate : trends and levels
Heckman, James J. (contributor);  … - 2007
This paper uses multiple data sources and a unified methodology to estimate the trends and levels of the U.S. high school graduation rate. Correcting for important biases that plague previous calculations, we establish that (a) the true high school graduation rate is substantially lower than the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003666461
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The American high school graduation rate : trends and levels
Heckman, James J.; LaFontaine, Paul A. - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003620689
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The American High School Graduation Rate : Trends and Levels
Heckman, James J. - 2010
This paper uses multiple data sources and a unified methodology to estimate the trends and levels of the U.S. high school graduation rate. Correcting for important biases that plague previous calculations, we establish that (a) the true high school graduation rate is substantially lower than the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012759654
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The American High School Graduation Rate : Trends and Levels
Heckman, James J. - 2007
This paper uses multiple data sources and a unified methodology to estimate the trends and levels of the U.S. high school graduation rate. Correcting for important biases that plague previous calculations, we establish that (a) the true high school graduation rate is substantially lower than the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012464974
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The American High School Graduation Rate : Trends and Levels
Heckman, James J.; LaFontaine, Paul - 2021
This paper uses multiple data sources and a unified methodology to estimate the trends and levels of the U.S. high school graduation rate. Correcting for important biases that plague previous calculations, we establish that (a) the true high school graduation rate is substantially lower than the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013325228
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Primate evidence on the late health effects of early life adversity
Conti, Gabriella; Hansman, Christopher; Heckman, James J.; … - 2012
mental health in a sample of rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). We analyze the health records of 231 monkeys which were … detrimental long-term effects on health which are not compensated by a normal social environment later in life. …
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