Skill Formation and the Economics of Investing in Disadvantaged Children

By James J. Heckman. Science, 2006

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Gender Studies, Safety Research

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Economic behavior of children and adolescents – A first survey of experimental economics results (2019, background): “Third, and related to the first reason, the study of economic behavior of children and teenagers has gained importance through the research program of researchers like James Heckman who have studied how non-cognitive skills influence subjects’ academic attainment, social and economic success, in par”
Parental background and other-regarding preferences in children (2014, background): “Thus, identifying the effects of parental socio-economic background on the formation of skills and preferences during childhood has become a central issue for understanding the sources of persistent inequality across social groups and has important implications for the timing of policy interventions”
Gender Stereotypes in the Classroom and Effects on Achievement (2017, result): “Given that our sample comes from the low socioeconomic tier, our results are also generalizable to vulnerable segments of societies, patriarchal gender roles are particularly imposing and improving achievement is a policy imperative (Heckman, 2006).”
Poverty, Maternal Depression, Family Status and Children's Cognitive and Behavioural Development in Early Childhood: A Longitudinal Study (2009, background): “There is evidence from US studies that disparities in learning and cognitive skills at the pre-school ages are amplified when they enter the school system, which eventually translate into lower educational attainment (Heckman, 2006).”
Early Education for Spatial Intelligence: Why, What, and How (2010, background): “A focus on spatial skills should likely begin in the first 5 years of life, given evidence that early education generally pays the biggest dividends for later achievement (Heckman, 2006).”
Resilience Processes in Development: Four Waves of Research on Positive Adaptation in the Context of Adversity (2013, background): “Timing an intervention well may lead to more lasting effects, broader effects, and/or higher returns on investment (Heckman, 2006 ; Masten et al., 2009 ; Masten & Cicchetti, 2010 ; Reynolds & Temple, 2006 ; Shonkoff, Boyce, & McEwen, 2009 ) .”
The economic impacts of learning losses (2020, background): “This critical development window appears particularly important for preparing disadvantaged students for schooling (e.g., (Heckman, 2006[6])).”
The Intergenerational Transmission of Risk and Trust Attitudes (2012, positive): “They are also potentially relevant for policy interventions focused on influencing non-cognitive skills in childhood (Heckman, 2006) as they indicate that fundamental attitudes are malleable, and point to specific factors that matter for the influence of family environment.”
Aggressive Policing and the Educational Performance of Minority Youth (2018, background): “These childhood and adolescent experiences have the potential to shape long-term socioeconomic outcomes (Heckman 2006).”
Pathways to Integrated Resilience Science (2015, background): “Moreover, benefit-to-cost analyses by economists indicate there is a high return on early investments in young children, suggesting that competence builds on competence, with positive cumulative cascading effects on human capital development (Cunha & Heckman, 2011; Heckman, 2006).”