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Why Early Investment Matters Watch Video

At the height of the Great Recession, this video from Professor Heckman illustrates his idea that investing in early childhood development was a smart way to create a stronger economy. Heckman notes that politicians who want to invest in infrastructure as a way to boost the economy would find far greater returns from investing in people…

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An Analysis of the Memphis Nurse-Family Partnership Program View Academic Paper

Professor Heckman’s latest research is a critical analysis of the Memphis Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) program. This research puts a widely-known voluntary home visiting program through its most rigorous analysis to date and finds short- and long-term impacts for mothers and their children. Select download to review the full academic paper. Learn more at The University…

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Anyone looking for upstream solutions to the biggest problems facing America should look to Nobel Prize winning University of Chicago Economics Professor James Heckman's work to understand the great gains to be had by investing in the early and equal development of human potential.
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