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American Economic Review

ISSN 0002-8282 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7981 (Online)

The Importance of Noncognitive Skills: Lessons from the GED Testing Program

  • James J. Heckman
  • Yona Rubinstein
American Economic Review
vol. 91, no. 2, May 2001
(pp. 145–149)
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Citation

Heckman, James, J., and Yona Rubinstein. 2001. "The Importance of Noncognitive Skills: Lessons from the GED Testing Program." American Economic Review, 91 (2): 145–149. DOI: 10.1257/aer.91.2.145

JEL Classification

  • J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
  • I21 Analysis of Education