@techreport{NBERw16201,
 title = "Investing in Our Young People",
 author = "Flavio Cunha and James J. Heckman",
 institution = "National Bureau of Economic Research",
 type = "Working Paper",
 series = "Working Paper Series",
 number = "16201",
 year = "2010",
 month = "July",
 URL = "http://www.nber.org/papers/w16201",
 abstract = {This paper reviews the recent literature on the production of skills of young persons. The literature features the multiplicity of skills that explain success in a variety of life outcomes. Noncognitive skills play a fundamental role in successful lives. The dynamics of skill formation reveal the interplay of cognitive and noncognitive skills, and the presence of critical and sensitive periods in the life-cycle. We discuss the optimal timing of investment over the life-cycle.},
}