Investing in Our Young People

The Case for Investing in Young People

Nber Working Paper Series Investing in Our Young People

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 ...

Investing in the future Creating opportunities for young rural people Investing in the future Creating opportunities for young rural people

The opinions expressed in this paper are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of IFAD concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its aut...

INVESTING IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND CARE: THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING CASE Moore T, Oberklaid F. Investing in Early education and care: The Health and Wellbeing

The dramatic social and demographic changes that have occurred in developed nations over the past several decades have lead to significant changes in the circumstances in which families are raising young children, and in the conditions that young children experience as they group up. In parallel with these social and demographic changes, there is evidence of worsening health and developmental o...

Phenomenological exploration of young people sexual understanding

Introduction: In our current society, there is a lot of complexity and diversity of behavior, given that, Sexual understanding is one of the things that stresses and our young people generation doesnchr('39')t know how to deal with it. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze the of young people sexual understanding and the purpose of this study was to explore the young people sexual understanding...