TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Heckman, James J.
AU  - Corbin, Chase O.
        TI  - Capabilities and Skills
        PY  - 2016/Jun/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 10005
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp10005
        AB  - This paper discusses the relevance of recent research on the economics of human development to the work of the Human Development and Capability Association. The recent economics of human development brings insights about the dynamics of skill accumulation to an otherwise static literature on capabilities. Skills embodied in agents empower people. Enhanced skills enhance opportunities and hence promote capabilities. We address measurement problems common to both the economics of human development and the capability approach. The economics of human development analyzes the dynamics of preference formation, but is silent about which preferences should be used to evaluate alternative policies. This is both a strength and a limitation of the approach.
        KW  - freedom
KW  - capabilities
KW  - skills
KW  - technology of skill formation
        ER  -