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Cognitive Ability, Character Skills, and Learning to Play Equilibrium: A Level-k Analysis

Gill, David; Prowse, Victoria L. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

ability to that of character skills, and find that both cognition and personality affect behavior and learning. More agreeable … understand better how subjects with different cognitive abilities learn differently, we estimate a structural model of learning …

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Hard Evidence on Soft Skills

Heckman, James J.; Kautz, Tim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

This paper summarizes recent evidence on what achievement tests measure; how achievement tests relate to other measures of "cognitive ability" like IQ and grades; the important skills that achievement tests miss or mismeasure, and how much these skills matter in life. Achievement tests miss, or...

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Economic Conditions at the Time of Birth and Cognitive Abilities Late in Life: Evidence from Eleven European Countries

Doblhammer, Gabriele; den Berg, Gerard J. van; Fritze, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

changes in the early life economic environment on late life cognition. In European countries, about three to four economic …

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Cognition and Economic Outcomes in the Health and Retirement Survey

McArdle, John J.; Smith, James P.; Willis, Robert - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

Dimensions of cognitive skills are potentially important but often neglected determinants of the central economic outcomes that shape overall well-being over the life course. There exists enormous variation among households in their rates of wealth accumulation, their holdings of financial...

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Gender Differences in Cognition in China and Reasons for Change over Time: Evidence from CHARLS

Lei, Xiaoyan; Smith, James P.; Sun, Xiaoting; Zhao, Yaohui - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

and are nationally representative of the Chinese population in this age span. Our measures of cognition in CHARLS relies … on two measures that proxy for different dimensions of adult cognition – episodic memory and intact mental status. We … people. These gender differences in cognition are especially concentrated in the older age groups and poorer communities …

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Child Labor and Learning

Emerson, Patrick M.; Ponczek, Vladimir; Portela Souza, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

This paper investigates the impact of working while in school on learning outcomes through the use of a unique micro … learning outcomes is addressed through the use of a difference-in-difference estimator and it is shown that the results are … robust. A negative and significant effect of working on learning outcomes in both math and Portuguese is found. The effects …

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The Empirics of Agglomeration Economies

Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Gobillon, Laurent - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

We propose an integrated framework to discuss the empirical literature on the local determinants of agglomeration effects. We start by presenting the theoretical mechanisms that ground individual and aggregate empirical specifications. We gradually introduce static effects, dynamic effects, and...

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Economic Development, Novelty Consumption, and Body Weight: Evidence from the East German Transition to Capitalism

Dragone, Davide; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

This paper develops a conceptual framework that can explain why economic development goes along with increases in body weight and obesity rates. We first introduce the concept of novelty consumption, which refers to an increase in food availability due to trade or innovation. Then we study how...

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IC Technology and Learning: An Impact Evaluation of Cl@ssi2.0

Checchi, Daniele; Rettore, Enrico; Girardi, Silvia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

In this paper we present a counterfactual evaluation of the effect of ICT resources at school on student achievements conducted in Italy. In 2009 156 classes at 6th grade were endowed with additional resources earmarked for purchasing ICT equipments only. By selecting an equivalent number of...

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Individual Rationality and Learning: Welfare Expectations in East Germany Post-Reunification

Frijters, Paul; Haisken-DeNew, John P.; Shields, Michael A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

In this paper we test the Rational Expectations hypothesis using longitudinal data on expectations and realizations of individual welfare for East Germans in the years following reunification. German reunification was unexpected and delivered a large shock to the future prospects of the...

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