TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Cunha, Flavio
AU  - Heckman, James J.
        TI  - Investing in Our Young People
        PY  - 2010/Jul/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 5050
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp5050
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - technology of skill formation
KW  - noncognitive skills
KW  - cognitive skills
KW  - skill formation
KW  - investment in children
        ER  -