Dynamic Complementarity

James Heckman, Haihan Tian, Zijian Zhang and Jin Zhou

No 34833, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: Dynamic complementarity is the concept that past investments that lead to higher stocks of skill at one age promote the growth of skills from investment at that age. We define and provide evidence on dynamic complementarity using unique Chinese data from a home visiting program for young children targeted to parents in rural China. In addition, we investigate growth in learning due to innate, parental, and environmental factors that occur in the absence of any formal intervention.

JEL-codes: C1 C5 D83 J01 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026-02
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