TY - RPRT AU - Heckman, James J. AU - Masterov, Dimitriy V. TI - The Productivity Argument for Investing in Young Children PY - 2007/Apr/ PB - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) CY - Bonn T2 - IZA Discussion Paper IS - 2725 UR - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp2725 AB - This paper presents a productivity argument for investing in disadvantaged young children. For such investment, there is no equity-efficiency tradeoff. KW - noncognitive skills KW - early childhood investment KW - cognitive skills ER -