Policies to foster human capital

Research in Economics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 3-56

  Heckman, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Early interventions; Human capital; Non cognitive skills; Skill formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347649450     PISSN: 10909443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/reec.1999.0225     Document Type: Article

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