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| dc.contributor.author | Heckman, James J. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2010-02-22T17:42:02Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2010-02-22T17:42:02Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2008-12-15 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10197/1884 | |
| dc.description | Paper presented as the Presidential Lecture of the Western Economics Association, Seattle Washington, June 30, 2007 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper discusses (a) the role of cognitive and noncognitive ability in shaping adult outcomes, (b) the early emergence of differentials in abilities between children of advantaged families and children of disadvantaged families, (c) the role of families in creating these abilities, (d) adverse trends in American families, and (e) the effectiveness of early interventions in offsetting these trends. Practical issues in the design and implementation of early childhood programs are discussed. | en |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Committee for Economic Development | en |
| dc.description.sponsorship | JB & MK Pritzker Family Foundation | en |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Susan Thompson Buffet Foundation | en |
| dc.description.sponsorship | National Institutes of Health (NIH) | en |
| dc.description.sponsorship | National Science Foundation | en |
| dc.description.sponsorship | American Bar Foundation | en |
| dc.format.extent | 2742422 bytes | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | University College Dublin. Geary Institute | en |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | UCD Geary Institute Discussion Paper Series | en |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | WP/33/2008 | en |
| dc.subject | Productivity | en |
| dc.subject | High school dropout | en |
| dc.subject | Ability gaps | en |
| dc.subject | Family influence | en |
| dc.subject | Noncognitive skills | en |
| dc.subject | Early interventions | en |
| dc.subject.classification | A12 | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Ability | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Education--Economic aspects--United States | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Educational equalization--Unites States | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Parent and child | en |
| dc.title | Schools, skills, and synapses | en |
| dc.type | Working Paper | en |
| dc.internal.webversions | Publisher's version | en |
| dc.internal.webversions | http://geary.ucd.ie/images/Publications/WorkingPapers/gearywp200833.pdf | en |
| dc.status | Not peer reviewed | en |
| dc.neeo.contributor | Heckman|James J.|aut| | en |
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