This paper was presented as the Presidential Lecture of the Western Economics Association, Seattle, Washington, June 30, 2007. Earlier versions were presented at the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, September, 2006; at Kansas State University, November 2006; and as the 2006 Leigh Lecture, Washington State University, November 2007. The author is Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, Professor of Science and Society, University College Dublin, Senior Research Fellow, American Bar Foundation, and Alfred Cowles Distinguished Visiting Professor, Yale University. This research was supported by the Committee for Economic Development with grants from the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Partnership for America’s Economic Success; the JB & MK Pritzker Family Foundation; Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation; Mr. Robert Dugger; NIH R01-HD043411, NSF 97-09-873, NSF SES-0099195, NSF SES-0241858; and support from the American Bar Foundation. The views expressed in this paper are those of the author and not necessarily those of the funders listed here. I thank Pedro Carneiro, Flavio Cunha, Lance Lochner, Paul LaFontaine, Dimitriy Masterov, and Sergio Urzua for helpful collaborations on which this paper is based. Burton Singer has made many helpful comments over the years on this and related work.
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SCHOOLS, SKILLS, AND SYNAPSES
Article first published online: 2 SEP 2008
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.2008.00163.x
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HECKMAN, J. J. (2008), SCHOOLS, SKILLS, AND SYNAPSES. Economic Inquiry, 46: 289–324. doi: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.2008.00163.x
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This paper was presented as the Presidential Lecture of the Western Economics Association, Seattle, Washington, June 30, 2007. Earlier versions were presented at the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, September, 2006; at Kansas State University, November 2006; and as the 2006 Leigh Lecture, Washington State University, November 2007. The author is Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, Professor of Science and Society, University College Dublin, Senior Research Fellow, American Bar Foundation, and Alfred Cowles Distinguished Visiting Professor, Yale University. This research was supported by the Committee for Economic Development with grants from the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Partnership for America’s Economic Success; the JB & MK Pritzker Family Foundation; Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation; Mr. Robert Dugger; NIH R01-HD043411, NSF 97-09-873, NSF SES-0099195, NSF SES-0241858; and support from the American Bar Foundation. The views expressed in this paper are those of the author and not necessarily those of the funders listed here. I thank Pedro Carneiro, Flavio Cunha, Lance Lochner, Paul LaFontaine, Dimitriy Masterov, and Sergio Urzua for helpful collaborations on which this paper is based. Burton Singer has made many helpful comments over the years on this and related work.
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