<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Heckman, J.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pinto, R.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Savelyev, P.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Understanding the Mechanisms Through Which an Influential Early Childhood Program Boosted Adult Outcomes</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Am Econ Rev</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">academic motivation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">cognitive traits</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">early childhood interventions</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">experimentally estimated production functions</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">externalizing behavior</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">factor analysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">human capital</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Human Development</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Perry Preschool program</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">personality traits</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">social experiments</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2013</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Oct</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">6</style></number><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">103</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2052-2086</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">0002-8282 (Print)&lt;br/&gt;0002-8282 (Linking)</style></isbn><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">A growing literature establishes that high quality early childhood interventions targeted toward disadvantaged children have substantial impacts on later life outcomes. Little is known about the mechanisms producing these impacts. This paper uses longitudinal data on cognitive and personality traits from an experimental evaluation of the influential Perry Preschool program to analyze the channels through which the program boosted both male and female participant outcomes. Experimentally induced changes in personality traits explain a sizable portion of adult treatment effects.</style></abstract><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">24634518</style></accession-num><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Heckman, James&lt;br/&gt;Pinto, Rodrigo&lt;br/&gt;Savelyev, Peter&lt;br/&gt;eng&lt;br/&gt;R01 HD054702/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/&lt;br/&gt;R37 HD065072/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/&lt;br/&gt;2014/03/19 06:00&lt;br/&gt;Am Econ Rev. 2013 Oct;103(6):2052-2086. doi: 10.1257/aer.103.6.2052.</style></notes><custom2><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3951747</style></custom2><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics and Public Policy, University of Chicago; Professor of Science and Society, University College Dublin; Senior Fellow, American Bar Foundation; The University of Chicago, Department of Economics, 1126 E. 59 St., Chicago, IL 60637.&lt;br/&gt;Ph.D. Candidate in Economics, University of Chicago; The University of Chicago, Department of Economics, 1126 E. 59 St., Chicago, IL 60637.&lt;br/&gt;Assistant Professor of Economics, Vanderbilt University and Health Policy Associate of the Robert Wood Johnson Center for Health Policy at Meharry Medical College; Vanderbilt University, Department of Economics, PMB 351819, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37235-1819.</style></auth-address></record></records></xml>