Authors
Pedro Carneiro
Research Fellow University College London
Pedro is a Professor of Economics at University College London and an economist in the IFS' Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice (cemmap).
James Heckman
Research Associate University of Chicago
James is a Research Associate of the IFS and the Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago.
Book Chapter details
- ISBN
- 0-262-08328-0
- Publisher
- MIT Press
Suggested citation
Carneiro, P and Heckman, J. (2004). 'Human capital policy'
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