%0 Report
        %A Cunha, Flavio
%A Heckman, James J.
        %T Investing in Our Young People
        %D 2010
        %8 2010 Jul
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 5050
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp5050
        %X This paper reviews the recent literature on the production of skills of young persons. The literature features the multiplicity of skills that explain success in a variety of life outcomes. Noncognitive skills play a fundamental role in successful lives. The dynamics of skill formation reveal the interplay of cognitive and noncognitive skills, and the presence of critical and sensitive periods in the life-cycle. We discuss the optimal timing of investment over the life-cycle.
        %K technology of skill formation
%K noncognitive skills
%K cognitive skills
%K skill formation
%K investment in children