Investing in our young people

Childhood Programs and Practices in the First Decade of Life: A Human Capital Integration

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 381-414

  Cunha, Flavio ^a   Heckman, James J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 84867747209     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511762666.021     Document Type: Chapter

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