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This paper reviews the recent literature on the production of skills of young persons. The literature features the multiplicity of skills that explain success in a variety of life outcomes. Noncognitive skills play a fundamental role in successful lives. The dynamics of skill formation reveal...
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-making and the propensity of youth to make poor long-run decisions. In this chapter, we review the emerging literature on the … behavioral economics of education. We first develop a general framework for thinking about why youth and their parents might not … students from improving their long-run welfare. We evaluate the recent but rapidly growing efforts to develop policies that …
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in their effective hours of labor when they move to the United States; (iii) migration reduces inequality, more … reverses converging at the steady state. -- Migration ; self-selection ; human capital ; immigration policies …
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The last few years have seen a notable increase in the number of studies investigating the causes and effects of natural disasters in many dimensions. This paper seeks to review and assess available empirical evidence on the ex-post microeconomic effects of natural disasters on the accumulation...
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