Lindqvist, Erik; Vestman, Roine - In: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 3 (2011) 1, pp. 101-28
We use data from the Swedish military enlistment to assess the importance of cognitive and noncognitive ability for labor market outcomes. The measure of noncognitive ability is based on a personal interview conducted by a psychologist. We find strong evidence that men who fare poorly in the...