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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/10011653125
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Why do low-educated workers invest less in further training?
Fouarge, Didier; Schils, Trudie; Grip, Andries de - 2010
willing to participate in training. This lesser willingness to participate in training is driven by economic preferences … (future orientation, preference for leisure), as well as personality traits (locus of control, exam anxiety, and openness to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274580
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Limited self-knowledge and survey response behavior
Falk, Armin; Neuber, Thomas; Strack, Philipp - 2021
We study response behavior in surveys and show how the explanatory power of selfreports can be improved. First, we develop a choice model of survey response behavior under the assumption that the respondent has imperfect self-knowledge about her individual characteristics. In panel data, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012603387
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Limited Self-Knowledge and Survey Response Behavior
Falk, Armin; Neuber, Thomas; Strack, Philipp - 2021
We study response behavior in surveys and show how the explanatory power of self-reports can be improved. First, we develop a choice model of survey response behavior under the assumption that the respondent has imperfect self-knowledge about her individual characteristics. In panel data, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012658105
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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/10011442460
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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/10011784303
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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/10012269429
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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/10012270020
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The role of preferences, attitudes, and personality traits in labor market matching
Haylock, Michael; 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/10012109354
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Mindfulness, preferences and well-being: Mindfulness predicts adolescents' field behaviour
Lima de Miranda, Katharina - 2019
of economic preferences and personality traits such as mindfulness may improve the analysis of potential sources of … economic preferences, and consequently well-being, of adolescents. Comprehensive data of 525 German secondary school students … preferences. However, both mindfulness and preferences have explanatory power for adolescents' field behaviour and thus contribute …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012001183