Is Skill Formation And The Economics Of Investing In Disadvantaged Children?

Income inequality is a blight that plagues many countries around the world. It affects a broad range of people in a multitude of different ways. Is there a difference a person’s development and success based on income alone? Many people would hope not; however, for a land of equal opportunity the lower class citizens seem to draw the short straw. Skill Formation and the Economics of Investing in Disadvantaged Children assess challenges that a low income citizen faces during their key developmental periods, and how they have a disadvantage in society from the beginning. The author observes that there are a multitude of factors that correlate with early life development. He argues that getting children involved and mentally stimulated during