Unemployment persistence: How important are non-cognitive skills?

Using a random effects dynamic panel data model and the 2000-2008 waves of the German SOEP this paper shows that non-cognitive skills have a predictive power on unemployment transitions.

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Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Blázquez Cuesta, Maite ; Budría, Santiago
Publisher:	Bonn : Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Subject:	Arbeitslosigkeit \| Dauer \| Kognition \| Schätzung \| Deutschland \| non-cognitive skills \| dynamic random effects model \| unemployment persistence

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Series:	IZA Discussion Papers ; 6654
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	718156595 [GVK] hdl:10419/62551 [Handle]
Classification:	C33 - Models with Panel Data ; J64 - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
Source:	EconStor

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