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While gender differences in labor force participation and wages have been studied extensively, gender gaps in cognitive … skills among adults are not yet well understood. Using the PIAAC dataset, this paper presents novel findings on cognitive … skill distributions by gender across 34 countries. Despite increasing educational equality, inequalities in numeracy skills …
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While gender differences in labor force participation and wages have been studied extensively, gender gaps in cognitive … skills among adults are not yet well understood. Using the PIAAC dataset, this paper presents novel findings on cognitive … skill distributions by gender across 34 countries. Despite increasing educational equality, inequalities in numeracy skills …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014279706
While gender differences in labor force participation and wages have been studied extensively, gender gaps in cognitive … skills among adults are not yet well understood. Using the PIAAC dataset, this paper presents novel findings on cognitive … skill distributions by gender across 34 countries. Despite increasing educational equality, inequalities in numeracy skills …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014280149
A growing literature establishes that high quality early childhood interventions targeted toward disadvantaged children have substantial impacts on later life outcomes. Little is known about the mechanisms producing these impacts. This paper uses longitudinal data on cognitive and personality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009675522
A growing literature establishes that high quality early childhood interventions targeted toward disadvantaged children have substantial impacts on later life outcomes. Little is known about the mechanisms producing these impacts. This paper uses longitudinal data on cognitive and personality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096465
We examine the long-term relationship between childhood circumstances and cognitive aging. In particular, we differentiate the level of cognitive deficit from the rate of cognitive decline. Applying a linear mixed-effect model to three waves of China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Surveys...
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This paper reviews the literature on the relationship between gender (in)equality and industrialization in the context … current differences in gender roles across societies. Moreover, it discusses the main drivers of the relationship between … gender equality, economic development and structural change with a focus on the mechanisms driving this complex relationship …
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a 0.1 standard deviation increase in test scores, but only for girls. We show that a reason for the gender … water provision to narrow test score gaps across countries and, within countries, across gender. …
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We investigate how childhood cognitive skills affect strategic sophistication and adult outcomes. In particular, we emphasize the importance of childhood theory-of-mind as a cognitive skill. We collected experimental data from more than seven hundred children in a variety of strategic...
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We investigate how childhood cognitive skills affect strategic sophistication and adult outcomes. In particular, we emphasize the importance of childhood theory-of-mind as a cognitive skill. We collected experimental data from more than seven hundred children in a variety of strategic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012322040