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Symposium on child development and parental investment : introduction
Francesconi, Marco; Heckman, James J. - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011480821
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Early health shocks, intrahousehold resource allocation, and child outcomes
Yi, Junjian; Heckman, James J.; Zhang, Junsen; Conti, … - 2014
health shocks negatively affect child human capital, including health, education, and socioemotional skills. Compensating …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010457824
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The GED
Heckman, James J.; Humphries, John Eric; Mader, Nicholas S. - 2010
insight relevant to any nation's educational context. -- Returns to education ; GED ; dropouts ; graduation rate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003969747
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Parenting promotes social mobility within and across generations
García García-Menéndez, Jorge Luis; Heckman, James J. - 2022
This paper compares early childhood enrichment programs that promote social mobility for disadvantaged children within and across generations. Instead of conducting a standard meta-analysis, we present a harmonized primary data analysis of programs that shape current policy. Our analysis is a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013431414
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Parenting Promotes Social Mobility Within and Across Generations
García García-Menéndez, Jorge Luis; Heckman, James J. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
This paper compares early childhood enrichment programs that promote social mobility for disadvantaged children within and across generations. Instead of conducting a standard meta-analysis, we present a harmonized primary data analysis of programs that shape current policy. Our analysis is a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013435172
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What grades and achievement tests measure
Borghans, Lex; Golsteyn, Bart H. H.; Heckman, James J.; … - 2016
Intelligence quotient (IQ), grades, and scores on achievement tests are widely used as measures of cognition, yet the correlations among them are far from perfect. This paper uses a variety of data sets to show that personality and IQ predict grades and scores on achievement tests. Personality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011580913
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Intergenerational transmission of inequality : maternal endowments, investments, and birth outcomes
Eshaghnia, Sadegh; Heckman, James J. - 2023
endowments and investments (education and smoking in pregnancy) on the probability of having a baby who is small for gestational … maternal education and smoking in pregnancy, and investigate whether women endowed with different traits have different returns …. We find that maternal cognition affects birth outcomes primarily through maternal education, that personality traits …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014391200
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Intergenerational Transmission of Inequality : Maternal Endowments, Investments, and Birth Outcomes
Eshaghnia, Sadegh; Heckman, James J. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
endowments and investments (education and smoking in pregnancy) on the probability of having a baby who is small for gestational … maternal education and smoking in pregnancy, and investigate whether women endowed with different traits have different returns …. We find that maternal cognition affects birth outcomes primarily through maternal education, that personality traits …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014421186
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Interpreting the evidence on life cycle skill formation
Cunha, Flávio; Heckman, James J.; Lochner, Lance; … - 2005
-productivity and complementarity. -- skill formation ; education ; government policy ; educational finance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003130073
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Personality psychology and economics
Almlund, Mathilde; Duckworth, Angela Lee; Heckman, James J. - 2011
This paper explores the power of personality traits both as predictors and as causes of academic and economic success, health, and criminal activity. Measured personality is interpreted as a construct derived from an economic model of preferences, constraints, and information. Evidence is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009230160