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Age-Dependent Skill Formation and Returns to Education: Simulation Based Evidence

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  • Pfeiffer, Friedhelm

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  • Reuss, Karsten

    (ZEW Mannheim)

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This study integrates findings from neurobiology and psychology on early childhood development and self-regulation to assess returns to education. Our framework for evaluating the distribution of age-specific returns to investments in cognitive and noncognitive skills is a lifecycle simulation model based on the technology of skill formation (Cunha and Heckman (2007)). Our findings illustrate the cumulative and synergetic nature of skill formation, the skill multiplier, and the shaping role early childhood has for human capital formation, growth and inequality.

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  • Pfeiffer, Friedhelm & Reuss, Karsten, 2007. "Age-Dependent Skill Formation and Returns to Education: Simulation Based Evidence," IZA Discussion Papers 2882, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials

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