@article {5718, title = {Skill formation and the economics of investing in disadvantaged children}, journal = {Science}, volume = {312}, number = {5782}, year = {2006}, note = {Heckman, James J
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Science. 2006 Jun 30;312(5782):1900-2. doi: 10.1126/science.1128898.}, month = {Jun 30}, pages = {1900-2}, abstract = {This paper summarizes evidence on the effects of early environments on child, adolescent, and adult achievement. Life cycle skill formation is a dynamic process in which early inputs strongly affect the productivity of later inputs.}, keywords = {*Achievement, *Child Development, *Early Intervention (Education)/economics, *Education/economics, *Vulnerable Populations, Adolescent, Child, Child, Preschool, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Family, Humans, Income, Infant, Intelligence, Public Policy, United States}, isbn = {1095-9203 (Electronic)
0036-8075 (Linking)}, author = {Heckman, J. J.} }