@techreport{NBERw13195, title = "The Economics, Technology and Neuroscience of Human Capability Formation", author = "James J. Heckman", institution = "National Bureau of Economic Research", type = "Working Paper", series = "Working Paper Series", number = "13195", year = "2007", month = "June", URL = "http://www.nber.org/papers/w13195", abstract = {This paper begins the synthesis of two currently unrelated literatures: the human capital approach to health economics and the economics of cognitive and noncognitive skill formation. A lifecycle investment framework is the foundation for understanding the origins of human inequality and for devising policies to reduce it.}, }