%0 Report %A Heckman, James J. %A Masterov, Dimitriy V. %T The Productivity Argument for Investing in Young Children %D 2007 %8 2007 Apr %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) %C Bonn %7 IZA Discussion Paper %N 2725 %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp2725 %X This paper presents a productivity argument for investing in disadvantaged young children. For such investment, there is no equity-efficiency tradeoff. %K noncognitive skills %K early childhood investment %K cognitive skills