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On the interpretation of non-cognitive skills : what is being measured and why it matters
Humphries, John Eric; Kosse, Fabian - 2016
measured into underlying personality traits and economic preferences. We demonstrate that the construction of the non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011594151
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On the interpretation of non-cognitive skills : what is being measured and why it matters
Humphries, John Eric; Kosse, Fabian - 2016
measured into underlying personality traits and economic preferences. We demonstrate that the construction of the non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011572150
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On the interpretation of non-cognitive skills : what is being measured and why it matters
Humphries, John Eric; Kosse, Fabian - In: Journal of economic behavior & organization : JEBO 136 (2017), pp. 174-185
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852756
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Firms and skills : the evolution of worker sorting
Håkanson, Christina; Lindqvist, Erik; Vlachos, Jonas - 2015
We document a significant increase in the sorting of workers by cognitive and non-cognitive skills across Swedish firms between 1986 and 2008. The weight of the evidence suggests that the increase in sorting is due to stronger complementarities between worker skills and technology. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010532546
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Are personality traits really fixed and does it matter?
Stillman, Steven; Velamuri, Malathi - 2020
number of life events on the Big Five personality traits and locus of control. A subset of life events have large impacts on … then demonstrate that treating personality traits as fixed can lead to biased estimates of their relationship with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012236880
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Are personality traits really fixed and does it matter?
Stillman, Steven; Velamuri, Malathi - 2020
number of life events on the Big Five personality traits and locus of control. A subset of life events have large impacts on … then demonstrate that treating personality traits as fixed can lead to biased estimates of their relationship with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012229286
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The role of preferences, attitudes, and personality traits in labor market matching
Haylock, Michael Robert; Kampkötter, Patrick - 2019
We provide new evidence of worker-firm matching based on preferences, attitudes and personality traits using new …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012104747
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How does socio-economic status shape a child's personality?
Deckers, Thomas; Falk, Armin; Kosse, Fabian; … - 2015
personality we investigate encompass time preferences, risk preferences, and altruism, as well as crystallized and fluid IQ. We …We show that socio-economic status (SES) is a powerful predictor of many facets of a child's personality. The facets of …'s personality by documenting that many dimensions of a child's environment differ systematically by SES: parenting style, quantity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010510510
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How does socio-economic status shape a child's personality?
Deckers, Thomas; Falk, Armin; Kosse, Fabian; … - 2015
personality we investigate encompass time preferences, risk preferences, and altruism, as well as crystallized and fluid IQ. We …We show that socio-economic status (SES) is a powerful predictor of many facets of a child's personality. The facets of …'s personality by documenting that many dimensions of a child's environment differ systematically by SES: parenting style, quantity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010530593
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Testing the validity of item non-response as a proxy for cognitive and non-cognitive skills
New, Sonja C. de; Schurer, Stefanie; Leung, Felix - 2015
Cognitive and non-cognitive skills are important determinants of labor market outcomes, but are often unobserved. We propose a proxy for these skills derived from item non-response information and a procedure to test its validity. Exploiting a unique data-collection feature of an Australian...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010488164