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The economics and psychology of inequality and human development
Cunha, Flavio; Heckman, James Joseph - 2009
Recent research on the economics of human development deepens understanding of the origins of inequality and excellence … environments and investments in children are substantial. They causally affect the development of capabilities. Both cognitive and … noncognitive capabilities determine success in life but to varying degrees for different outcomes. An empirically determined …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274252
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The Economics and Psychology of Inequality and Human Development
Cunha, Flavio; Heckman, James J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Recent research on the economics of human development deepens understanding of the origins of inequality and excellence … environments and investments in children are substantial. They causally affect the development of capabilities. Both cognitive and … noncognitive capabilities determine success in life but to varying degrees for different outcomes. An empirically determined …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004999163
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The Economics and Psychology of Inequality and Human Development
Cunha, Flavio; Heckman, James J. - Geary Institute, University College Dublin - 2009
Recent research on the economics of human development deepens understanding of the origins of inequality and excellence … environments and investments in children are substantial. They causally affect the development of capabilities. Both cognitive and … noncognitive capabilities determine success in life but to varying degrees for different outcomes. An empirically determined …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008487710
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Human development : a perspective on metrics
Conceição, Pedro; Kovačević, Milorad S.; … - In: Measuring human capital, (pp. 83-115). 2021
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The human development approach : an overview
Stewart, Frances - In: Oxford development studies 47 (2019) 2, pp. 135-153
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Global Governance and Human Development: Promoting Democratic Accountability and Institutional Experimentation
Jayadev, Arjun - Human Development Report Office, United Nations … - 2010
This paper seeks to critically examine recent debates on global governance, albeit from a human development perspective. In doing so it identifies and describes two important principles for building institutions for the advancing of human development: what may be termed the imperative of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008504426
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Gender Budgets: A Capability Approach
Addabbo, Tindara; Lanzi, Diego; Picchio, Antonella - In: Journal of Human Development and Capabilities 11 (2010) 4, pp. 479-501
Feminist studies have developed several tools to assess the gender impact of public policy and of budgets in particular. In this paper we introduce an innovative approach to the gender auditing of public budgets inspired by the capability approach. First, we expand the scope of the assessment of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009196146
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The developmental approach to child and adult health
Conti, Gabriella; Heckman, James J. - 2012
Pediatricians should consider the costs and benefits of preventing rather than treating childhood diseases. We present 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291401
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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
Pediatricians should consider the costs and benefits of preventing rather than treating childhood diseases. We present 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011271974