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Skill Formation

Skill Formation is a dynamic human capital accumulation process in which individuals acquire and enhance cognitive, non-cognitive, and technical abilities over the life cycle through structured investments by families, individuals, firms, and the state, thereby shaping their productivity and economic opportunities.

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Investment in Human Capital: A Theoretical Analysis

Gary S. Becker · Journal of Political Economy · 1962 · 7.9K citations

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Mindset: the new psychology of success

Choice Reviews Online · 2006 · 7.9K citations

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The Skill Content of Recent Technological Change: An Empirical Exploration

David Autor, Frank Levy, Richard J. Murnane · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 2003 · 5.9K citations

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Human Capital. A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education

H. V. Muhsam, Gary S. Becker · Revue de l Institut International de Statistique / Review of the International Statistical Institute · 1965 · 5.2K citations

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Skill Formation and the Economics of Investing in Disadvantaged Children

James J. Heckman · Science · 2006 · 3.5K citations

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Authors

4K

  1. JJ
    James J. Heckman

    University of Chicago, United States

    30 publications · 15.7K citations

    24

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  2. FC
    Flávio Cunha

    University of Chicago, United States

    19 publications · 9.2K citations

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  3. EA
    Eric A. Hanushek

    Hoover Institution, United States

    17 publications · 1.6K citations

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  4. LW
    Ludger Woessmann

    Ifo Institute for Economic Research, Germany

    15 publications · 1.4K citations

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  5. DA
    Daron Acemoğlu

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    12 publications · 8.8K citations

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Institutions

1.5K

  1. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    57 h-index

    202 publications

    43K citations

  2. IZA - Institute of Labor Economics

    Bonn, Germany

    45 h-index

    119 publications

    9.8K citations

  3. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    41 h-index

    105 publications

    27.1K citations

  4. Centre for Economic Policy Research

    London, United Kingdom

    27 h-index

    62 publications

    5K citations

  5. Ifo Institute for Economic Research

    Munich, Germany

    26 h-index

    65 publications

    5.6K citations

  6. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    23 h-index

    41 publications

    5.8K citations

  7. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    23 h-index

    49 publications

    9.7K citations

  8. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    23 h-index

    33 publications

    5K citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 207 publications · 10.4K citations

    46

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  2. American Economic Review

    38 publications · 17.1K citations

    34

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  3. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Repository · 57 publications · 3.5K citations

    30

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  4. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics

    Repository · 91 publications · 2.9K citations

    28

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  5. Journal of Political Economy

    JPE · 27 publications · 16.7K citations

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