Essays in private and public investments in human capital
This thesis comprises three chapters on the study of investments in human capital. The first chapter analyzes the effects of Head Start, a preschool program for poor children, on adolescents' behaviors. As program is means-tested, its effects are identified using discontinuity in the probabilit...
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University College London (University of London)
2011
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.625636 |