This paper analyzes the effects of cognitive ability on job satisfaction. Using PIAAC data we explore whether job satisfaction predictors observed in the literature change their behavior once we control for cognitive ability, proxied by an explicit test of individual numeracy level. We show that...

The paper looks at the link between human capital and regional economic performance in the EU. Using indicators of educational stock, the matching of educational supply and labour demand, and migration extracted from the European Community Household Panel (ECHP), it identifies that the economic...