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What grades and achievement tests measure
Borghans, Lex; Golsteyn, Bart H. H.; Heckman, James J.; … - 2016
Intelligence quotient (IQ), grades, and scores on achievement tests are widely used as measures of cognition, yet the … correlations among them are far from perfect. This paper uses a variety of data sets to show that personality and IQ predict grades … than IQ of a variety of important life outcomes. Both grades and achievement tests are substantially better predictors of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011580913
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Hard evidence on soft skills
Heckman, James J.; Kautz, Tim - In: Labour economics : official journal of the European … 19 (2012) 4, pp. 451-464
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009690240
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Fostering and measuring skills : interventions that improve character and cognition
Heckman, James J.; Kautz, Tim - 2013
This paper reviews the recent literature on measuring and boosting cognitive and noncognitive skills. The literature establishes that achievement tests do not adequately capture character skills – personality traits, goals, motivations, and preferences that are valued in the labor market, in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010221678
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School-track environment or endowment : what determines different other-regarding behavior across peer groups?
John, Katrin; Thomsen, Stephan L. - In: Games and economic behavior 94 (2015), pp. 122-141
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011574883
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The effects of personality and IQ on portfolio outcomes
Firth, Chris; Stewart, Neil; Antoniou, Constantinos; … - In: Finance research letters 51 (2023), pp. 1-8
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014291571
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Grades, gender, and encouragement: A regression discontinuity analysis
Owen, Ann L. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This study employs a regression discontinuity design in order to provide direct evidence on the effects of grades …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005260219
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Gender Differences in the Development of Other-Regarding Preferences
John, Katrin; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2017
We use data from a gender-neutral dictator and public goods game setting to analyze differences in other-regarding preferences between boys and girls aged 10 to 17. The results indicate a higher mean of dictator giving, degree of egalitarian decisions and lower frequency of selfish decisions,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011744756
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Gender differences in the development of other-regarding preferences
John, Katrin; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2017
We use data from a gender-neutral dictator and public goods game setting to analyze differences in other-regarding preferences between boys and girls aged 10 to 17. The results indicate a higher mean of dictator giving, degree of egalitarian decisions and lower frequency of selfish decisions,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011776712
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Challenges in research on preferences and personality traits : measurement, stability, and inference
Golsteyn, Bart H. H.; Schildberg-Hörisch, Hannah - 2017
This paper reviews several traditions in economic research on preferences as well as research on personality traits in personality psychology and lists challenges in both fields. We discuss challenges regarding the measurement of preferences and personality traits, challenges regarding the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011613136
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Gender differences in the development of other-regarding preferences
John, Katrin; Thomseny, Stephan L. - 2017
We use data from a gender-neutral dictator and public goods game setting to analyze differences in other-regarding preferences between boys and girls aged 10 to 17. The results indicate a higher mean of dictator giving, degree of egalitarian decisions and lower frequency of selfish decisions,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011722118