TY - SER AU - Castillo, Marco AU - List, John A. AU - Petrie, Ragan AU - Samek, Anya TI - Detecting Drivers of Behavior at an Early Age: Evidence from a Longitudinal Field Experiment SN - 0022-3808 PB - Journal of Political Economy KW - Childhood and Adolescence KW - Early Age KW - Longitudinal Field Experiment KW - Drivers of Behavior N2 - We investigate how skills developed when children are 3-5 years old drive schooling outcomes in middle childhood and adolescence. We find that skills map onto three distinct factors-cognitive skills, executive functions, and economic preferences. Importan UR - https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/731409 ER -