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The Productivity Argument for Investing in Young Children
Author(s) -
Heckman James J.,
Masterov Dimitriy V.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
applied economic perspectives and policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.4
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2040-5804
pISSN - 2040-5790
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9353.2007.00359.x
Subject(s) - argument (complex analysis) , productivity , economics , economic growth , medicine
This paper presents a productivity argument for investing in disadvantaged young children. For such investment, there is no equity-efficiency tradeoff.