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The extent and cyclicality of career changes : evidence for the UK

Carrillo-Tudela, Carlos; Hobijn, Bart; She, Powen; … - 2014

Using quarterly data for the U.K. from 1993 through 2012, we document that in economic downturns a smaller fraction of unemployed workers change their career when starting a new job. Moreover, the proportion of total hires that involves a career change for the worker also drops in recessions....

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The effects of credit status on college attainment and college completion

Gicheva, Dora; Ionescu, Felicia; Simpson, Nicole B. - 2012

College students now use various forms of unsecured credit such as private student loans and credit cards to finance college. Access to these credit lines and the interest rates charged on these loans can vary significantly across credit scores. In this paper, we analyze if credit status, as...

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A survey of hedge and safe havens assets against G-7 stock markets before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

Ozdemir, Huseyin; Ozdemir, Zeynel Abidin - 2021

We propose a new Sharpe ratio index obtained from return and volatility spillover indices to individual assets from the whole financial system. We use our new approach to shed light on a new perspective on a hot topic examining the safe-haven assets after Covid-19. To do that, we compare both...

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Does schooling improve cognitive abilities at older ages : causal evidence from nonparametric bounds

Amin, Vikesh; Behrman, Jere R.; Fletcher, Jason; … - 2022

ages using the Harmonized Cognition Assessment Protocol in the Health & Retirement Study. To address endogeneity concerns … on cognition. We also replicate findings from the Health & Retirement Study using another sample of older adults from the … Midlife in United States Development Study Cognition Project. …

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Schooling, cognitive skills, and the Latin American growth puzzle

Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2009

Economic development in Latin America has trailed most other world regions over the past four decades despite its relatively high initial development and school attainment levels. This puzzle can be resolved by considering the actual learning as expressed in tests of cognitive skills, on which...

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Unemployment persistence : how important are non-cognitive skills?

Blázquez Cuesta, Maite; Budría, Santiago - 2012

Using a random effects dynamic panel data model and the 2000-2008 waves of the German SOEP this paper shows that non-cognitive skills have a predictive power on unemployment transitions. -- non-cognitive skills ; dynamic random effects model ; unemployment persistence

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The effect of breastfeeding on children's cognitive and noncognitive development

Borra, Cristina; Iacovou, Maria; Sevilla-Sanz, Almudena - 2012

This paper uses propensity score matching methods to investigate the relationship between breastfeeding and children's cognitive and noncognitive development. We find that breastfeeding for four weeks is positively and statistically significantly associated with higher cognitive test scores, by...

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The intergenerational transmission of cognitive and non-cognitive skills during adolescence and young adulthood

Anger, Silke - 2011

This study examines cognitive and non-cognitive skills and their transmission from parents to children as one potential candidate to explain the intergenerational link of socio-economic status. Using representative data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study, we contrast the impact of...

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Health effects on children's willingness to compete

Bartling, Björn; Fehr, Ernst; Schunk, Daniel - 2011

The formation of human capital is important for a society's welfare and economic success. Recent literature shows that child health can provide an important explanation for disparities in children's human capital development across different socio-economic groups. While this literature focuses...

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Cognitive, non-cognitive skills and gender wage gaps : evidence from linked employer-employee data in Bangladesh

Nordman, Christophe J.; Sarr, Leopold R.; Sharma, Smriti - 2015

We use a first-hand linked employer-employee dataset representing the formal sector of Bangladesh to explain gender wage gaps by the inclusion of measures of cognitive skills and personality traits. Our results show that while cognitive skills are important in determining mean wages, personality...

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