Contents Acknowledgments v Executive summary vii 1 Introduction 1 2 Early Skills and Adult Life Satisfaction 13 2.1 Introduction......................... 15 2.2 Data, measures and descriptives . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 2.3 Methodology ........................ 26 2.4 Results............................ 27 2.5 Conclusion ......................... 36 3 Primary School Skill Development: from First to Sixth Grade 39 3.1 Introduction......................... 41 3.2 Background......................... 45 3.3 Dataanddescriptives ................... 49 3.4 Empiricalstrategy ..................... 55 3.5 Results............................ 60 3.6 Conclusion ......................... 73 4 The Interplay of Reading, Spelling, and Math in Primary Education: A Panel VAR Analysis 77 4.1 Introduction......................... 79 4.2 Data ............................. 84 4.3 Methodology ........................ 89
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