Schools, skills, and synapses

Author(s): Heckman, James J.;
Date Issued: June 2008
Publisher(s): National Bureau of Economic Research
Description: A discussion of the origins of abilities that predict adult success and the role that early childhood interventions can play in fostering these abilities in disadvantaged children
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Funder(s): Committee for Economic Development ; J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Family Foundation ; Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation ; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (U.S.) ; National Science Foundation (U.S.) ; American Bar Association
Source: (NBER Working Paper Series No. 14064). Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research. Retrieved October 29, 2008, from http://www.nber.org/papers/w14064.pdf
Topics: Child Care & Early Education Market > Economic & Societal Impact > Cost Benefit Analysis
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