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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
Across academic sub-fields such as labor, education, and behavioral economics, the measurement and interpretation of non-cognitive skills varies widely. As a result, it is difficult to compare results on the importance of non-cognitive skills across literatures. Drawing from these literatures,...
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The impact of working memory training on children's cognitive and noncognitive skills
Berger, Eva M.; Fehr, Ernst; Hermes, Henning; Schunk, Daniel - 2020
as fluid intelligence, math, reading, the inhibition of pre-potent impulses or more general self-regulation abilities …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012236361
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Selective schools
Brunello, Giorgio; Giannini, Massimo - 1999
This paper studies how schooling admission tests affect economic performance in an economy where individuals are endowed with both academic and non academic abilities and both abilities matter for labor productivity. We develop a simple model with selective government held schools, where...
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Anonymous job applications of fresh Ph.D. economists
Krause, Annabelle; Rinne, Ulf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2011
Discrimination in recruitment decisions is well documented. Anonymous job applications may reduce discriminatory behavior in hiring. This paper analyzes the potential of this approach in a randomized experiment with fresh Ph.D. economists on the academic job market using data from a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009518411
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Anonymous job applications in Europe
Krause, Annabelle; Rinne, Ulf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2012
recently conducted. Also in Germany, a large field experiment has examined the practicability and potentials of this approach …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009681322
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Well-being inequality and reference groups : an agenda for new research
Praag, Bernard M. S. van - 2010
In this paper it is argued that subjective well-being of the individual depends on two types of variables. The first type consists of characteristics of the individual himself, such as age, health, income, etc. The second type of variables consists of the characteristics of the individuals...
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Robust estimation of linear fixed effects panel data models with an application to the exporter productivity premium
Verardi, Vincenzo; Wagner, Joachim - 2010
In empirical studies it often happens that some variables for some units are far away from the other observations in the sample. These extreme observations, or outliers, often have a large impact on the results of statistical analyses – conclusions based on a sample with and without these...
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Memorandum : Erfolgsbedingungen empirischer Wirtschaftsforschung und empirisch gestuetzter wirtschafts- und sozialpolitischer Beratung
Hauser, Richard; Wagner, Gert G.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 1998
work in Germany. Present shortcomings are mainly caused by a lack of coordination between data collecting institutions and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011294526
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Cognitive ability, character skills, and learning to play equilibrium : a level-k analysis
Gill, David; Prowse, Victoria L. - 2014
In this paper we investigate how cognitive ability and character skills influence behavior, success and the evolution of play towards Nash equilibrium in repeated strategic interactions. We study behavior in a p-beauty contest experiment and find striking differences according to cognitive...
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Education, intelligence and diseases in old age
Niccodemi, Gianmaria; Bijwaard, Govert - 2018
education choices and health, such as (ob- served) parental background and (unobserved) intelligence, may play an important role … measurement system using IQ tests to identify latent intelligence. Educational choices, surviving up to old age and medication use … all depend on observed individual factors and on latent intelligence. Based on the estimation results, we derive the …
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