Consider the optimizing behavior of people from Chapter 6. Why is early childhood intervention so effective at reducing poverty? The article addresses this in the chapter that starts with "Studies of the dynamics of human skill formation.." Chapter 6 Production, Cost, and Market Models Survey of Economics v2.0 Libby Rittenberg and Timothy Tregarthen

Consider the optimizing behavior of people from Chapter 6. Why is early childhood intervention so effective at reducing poverty? The article addresses this in the chapter that starts with "Studies of the dynamics of human skill formation.." Chapter 6 Production, Cost, and Market Models Survey of Economics v2.0 Libby Rittenberg and Timothy Tregarthen

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