?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Skill+policies+for+Scotland&rft.creator=Heckmann%2C+J.&rft.creator=Masterov%2C+D.&rft.description=This+paper+argues+that+skill+formation+is+a+life-cycle+process+and+develops+the%0D%0Aimplications+of+this+insight+for+Scottish+social+policy.+Families+are+major%0D%0Aproducers+of+skills%2C+and+a+successful+policy+needs+to+promote+effective+families%0D%0Aand+to+supplement+failing+ones.+Targeted+early+interventions+have+proven+to+be%0D%0Avery+effective+in+compensating+for+the+effect+of+neglect.+Improvements+in%0D%0Atraditional+measures+of+school+quality%2C+tuition+subsidies%2C+company-sponsored%0D%0Aand+public+job+training+are+unlikely+to+be+as+effective.+We+review+the+evidence%0D%0Aand+present+several+policy+recommendations.&rft.subject=JEL+classification%3A+J31%2C+I21%2C+I22%2C+I28&rft.publisher=Department+of+Economics%2C+University+College+London&rft.date=2004-06&rft.type=Working+%2F+discussion+paper&rft.language=eng&rft.source=++++(Discussion+Papers+in+Economics++04-07).+Department+of+Economics%2C+University+College+London%3A+London%2C+UK.+(2004)+++++&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F2571%2F1%2F2571.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F2571%2F&rft.rights=open