The economics of human development and social mobility.

Autor/inn/en	Heckman, James J.; Mosso, Stefano
Titel	The economics of human development and social mobility.
Quelle	Bonn: IZA (2014), 58, 15 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	Discussion paper series / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit. 8000
Beigaben	grafische Darstellungen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Monographie; Graue Literatur
Schlagwörter	Fähigkeit; Soziale Mobilität; Familiensoziologie; Biografie; Dynamik; Eltern; Familienpolitik; Investition; Kind; Kredit; Sozialpolitik; Theorie; Welt; Soziale Mobilität; Qualifikation; Familiensoziologie; Bildungsinvestition; Fähigkeit; Familienpolitik; Eltern; Kind; Kindererziehung; Sozialpolitik; Bildungsinvestition; Investition; Kredit; Qualifikation; Arbeitspapier; Biografie; Dynamik; Grundlagen; Haushaltseinkommen; Theorie; Welt
Abstract	This paper distills and extends recent research on the economics of human development and social mobility. It summarizes the evidence from diverse literatures on the importance of early life conditions in shaping multiple life skills and the evidence on critical and sensitive investment periods for shaping different skills. It presents economic models that rationalize the evidence and unify the treatment effect and family influence literatures. The evidence on the empirical and policy importance of credit constraints in forming skills is examined. There is little support for the claim that untargeted income transfer policies to poor families significantly boost child outcomes. Mentoring, parenting, and attachment are essential features of successful families and interventions to shape skills at all stages of childhood. The next wave of family studies will better capture the active role of the emerging autonomous child in learning and responding to the actions of parents, mentors and teachers.
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Update	2014/3