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Identification problems in personality psychology
Borghans, Lex; Golsteyn, Bart; Heckman, James J.; … - 2011
This paper discusses and illustrates identification problems in personality psychology. The measures used by psychologists to infer traits are based on behaviors, broadly defined. These behaviors are produced from multiple traits interacting with incentives in situations. In general, measures...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278574
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Identification problems in personality psychology
Borghans, Lex; Golsteyn, Bart; Heckman, James J.; … - 2011
This paper discusses and illustrates identification problems in personality psychology. The measures used by psychologists to infer traits are based on behaviors, broadly defined. These behaviors are produced from multiple traits interacting with incentives in situations. In general, measures...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009235083
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Identification Problems in Personality Psychology
Borghans, Lex - 2011
This paper discusses and illustrates identification problems in personality psychology. The measures used by psychologists to infer traits are based on behaviors, broadly defined. These behaviors are produced from multiple traits interacting with incentives in situations. In general, measures...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013127334
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Law and employment : lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean
Heckman, James J. (ed.) - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002545132
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The impact of 9/11 on business and economics : the business of terror
Morgan, Matthew J. (contributor);  … - 2009 - 1. ed.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003795637
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Le coût des changes fixes pour les PECO
Artus, Patrick - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001747961
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Linear Probability Models of the Demand for Attributes with an Empirical Application to Estimating the Preferences of Legislators
Heckman, James J.; Snyder, James M. - 2009
We formulate and estimate a rigorously justified linear probability model of binary choices over alternatives characterized by unobserved attributes. We apply the model to estimate preferences of congressmen as expressed in their votes on bills. The effective dimension of the attribute space...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014074525
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Identification Problems in Personality Psychology
Borghans, Lex; Golsteyn, Bart; Heckman, James J.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This paper discusses and illustrates identification problems in personality psychology. The measures used by psychologists to infer traits are based on behaviors, broadly defined. These behaviors are produced from multiple traits interacting with incentives in situations. In general, measures...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008922967
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Identification Problems in Personality Psychology
Borghans, Lex; Golsteyn, Bart; Heckman, James J.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
This paper discusses and illustrates identification problems in personality psychology. The measures used by psychologists to infer traits are based on behaviors, broadly defined. These behaviors are produced from multiple traits interacting with incentives in situations. In general, measures...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008927010
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Fostering and Measuring Skills: Interventions That Improve Character and Cognition
Heckman, James J.; Kautz, Tim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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/10010766382