James J. Heckman is a Nobel laureate and the Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago.
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James J. Heckman is a Nobel laureate and the Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago.
Nobel Prize-winning economist James Heckman argues that early childhood intervention can improve the economic and social mobility of children born into disadvantage. At a time when state and local budgets for early interventions are being cut, Heckman issues an urgent call for action and offers some practical steps for how to design and pay for new programs.
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