Investing in our young people
By: Flavio Cunha, James J. Heckman
Contributors: Heckman, James J. (James Joseph); National Bureau of Economic Research
Series: NBER working paper series -- working paper 16201; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) -- working paper no. 16201.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Description: "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 the interplay of cognitive and noncognitive skills, and the presence of critical and sensitive periods in the life-cycle.  We discuss the optimal timing of investment over the life-cycle"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
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