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Social Policy: Targeting programmes effectively

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  • James J. Heckman

    (James J. Heckman is Director of the Center for the Economics of Human Development, 5750 S. Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, 1126 East 59th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA; and Research Professor at the American Bar Foundation, 750 North Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60611-4403.
    1126 East 59th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA)

  • Jorge Luís García

    (and a Senior Research Assistant at the Center for the Economics of Human Development.)

Abstract

A study now shows that 20% of the population accounts for 60–80% of several adult social ills. Outcomes for this group can be accurately predicted from as early as age 3 years, using a small set of indicators of disadvantage. This finding supports policies that target children from disadvantaged families.

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  • James J. Heckman & Jorge Luís García, 2017. "Social Policy: Targeting programmes effectively," Nature Human Behaviour, Nature, vol. 1(1), pages 1-2, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nathum:v:1:y:2017:i:1:d:10.1038_s41562-016-0019
    DOI: 10.1038/s41562-016-0019
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    1. Skarda, Ieva & Asaria, Miqdad & Cookson, Richard, 2022. "Evaluating childhood policy impacts on lifetime health, wellbeing and inequality: Lifecourse distributional economic evaluation," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 302(C).

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