Human Capital Development: New Evidence on the Production of Socio-emotional Skills

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Human capital, child development, dynamic factor analysis, socio-emotional skills

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Human Capital Development: New Evidence on the Production of Socio-emotional Skills. / Mitchell, Mark; Favara, Marta; Porter, Catherine et al.
Lancaster: The Department of Economics, 2022. (Economics Working Papers series).

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Mitchell, M, Favara, M, Porter, C & Sánchez, A 2022 'Human Capital Development: New Evidence on the Production of Socio-emotional Skills' Economics Working Papers series, The Department of Economics, Lancaster.

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Mitchell, M., Favara, M., Porter, C., & Sánchez, A. (2022). Human Capital Development: New Evidence on the Production of Socio-emotional Skills. (Economics Working Papers series). The Department of Economics.

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Mitchell M, Favara M, Porter C, Sánchez A. Human Capital Development: New Evidence on the Production of Socio-emotional Skills. Lancaster: The Department of Economics. 2022 Oct. (Economics Working Papers series).

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Mitchell, Mark ; Favara, Marta ; Porter, Catherine et al. / Human Capital Development: New Evidence on the Production of Socio-emotional Skills. Lancaster : The Department of Economics, 2022. (Economics Working Papers series).

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