Capabilities and Skills
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- James J. Heckman & Chase O. Corbin, 2016. "Capabilities and Skills," Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 17(3), pages 342-359, July.
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Keywords
freedom; capabilities; skills; technology of skill formation;
All these keywords.JEL classification:
- D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
- D04 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Microeconomic Policy: Formulation; Implementation; Evaluation
- D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
- I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CSE-2016-07-09 (Economics of Strategic Management)
- NEP-EVO-2016-07-09 (Evolutionary Economics)
- NEP-HPE-2016-07-09 (History and Philosophy of Economics)
- NEP-LTV-2016-07-09 (Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty)
- NEP-NEU-2016-07-09 (Neuroeconomics)
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