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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 impact of peer personality on academic achievement
Golsteyn, Bart H. H.; Non, Jan Adrianus; Zölitz, Ulf - 2017
This paper provides evidence of a novel facet of peer effects by showing how peer personality affects educational … persistence of their peers. The personality peer effects that we document are distinct from other observable peer characteristics … and suggest that the personality traits of peers causally affect human capital accumulation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011752330
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Behavioral economics of education
Koch, Alexander K.; Nafziger, Julia; Nielsen, Helena Skyt - 2014
of education. By now research recognizes cognitive skills (as measured by achievement tests) and soft skills (personality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010408879
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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
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Do funds for more teachers improve student outcomes?
Borgen, Nicolai T.; Kirkebøen, Lars J.; Kotsadam, Andreas - 2022
We investigate the effects of a large-scale Norwegian reform that provided extra teachers to 166 lower secondary schools with relatively high student-teacher ratios and low average grades. We exploit these two margins using a regression discontinuity setup and find that the reform reduced the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013202391