TY  - GEN
N2  - This paper argues that skill formation is a life-cycle process and develops the
implications of this insight for Scottish social policy. Families are major
producers of skills, and a successful policy needs to promote effective families
and to supplement failing ones. Targeted early interventions have proven to be
very effective in compensating for the effect of neglect. Improvements in
traditional measures of school quality, tuition subsidies, company-sponsored
and public job training are unlikely to be as effective. We review the evidence
and present several policy recommendations.
ID  - discovery2571
UR  - http://www.ucl.ac.uk/silva/economics/research/papers/working-papers-2004
PB  - Department of Economics, University College London
SN  - 1350-6722
CY  - London, UK
A1  - Heckmann, J.
A1  - Masterov, D.
T3  - Discussion Papers in Economics
KW  - JEL classification: J31
KW  -  I21
KW  -  I22
KW  -  I28
TI  - Skill policies for Scotland
Y1  - 2004/06//
AV  - public
ER  -