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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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Estimating the technology of cognitive and noncognitive skill formation

Cunha, Flávio; Heckman, James J.; Schennach, Susanne M. - 2010

This paper formulates and estimates multistage production functions for children's cognitive and noncognitive skills. Skills are determined by parental environments and investments at different stages of childhood. We estimate the elasticity of substitution between investments in one period and...

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The GED

Heckman, James J.; Humphries, John Eric; Mader, Nicholas S. - 2010

The General Educational Development (GED) credential is issued on the basis of an eight hour subject-based test. The test claims to establish equivalence between dropouts and traditional high school graduates, opening the door to college and positions in the labor market. In 2008 alone, almost...

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The impact of child care subsidies on child well-being : evidence from geographic variation in the distance to social service agencies

Herbst, Chris M.; Tekin, Erdal - 2010

In recent years, child care subsidies have become an integral part of federal and state efforts to move economically disadvantaged parents from welfare to work. Although previous empirical studies consistently show that these employment-related subsidies raise work levels among this group,...

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Do non-cognitive skills help explain the occupational segregation of young people?

Antecol, Heather; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. - 2010

relationships differs for men and women, however. Noncognitive skills (intelligence and impulsivity) also influence movement into …

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Investing in our young people

Cunha, Flávio; Heckman, James J. - 2010

This paper reviews the recent literature on the production of skills of young persons. The literature features the multiplicity of skills that explain success in a variety of life outcomes. Noncognitive skills play a fundamental role in successful lives. The dynamics of skill formation reveal...

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Handedness, health and cognitive development : evidence from children in the NLSY

Johnston, David W.; Nicholls, Michael E.R.; Shah, Manisha; … - 2010

Using data from the US National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, and fitting family fixed-effects models of child health and cognitive development, we test if left-handed children do significantly worse than their right-handed counterparts. The health measures cover both physical and mental health,...

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No country for fat men? : obesity, earnings, skills, and health among 450,000 Swedish men

Lundborg, Petter; Nystedt, Paul; Rooth, Dan-Olof - 2010

The negative association between obesity and labor market outcomes has been widely documented, yet little is known about the mechanisms through which the association arises. Using rich and unique data on 450,000 Swedish men enlisting for the military, we find that the crude obesity penalty in...

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The role of early-life conditions in the cognitive decline due to adverse events later in life

Berg, Gerard J. van den; Deeg, Dorly J.H.; Lindeboom, … - 2010

Cognitive functioning of elderly individuals may be affected by events such as the loss of a (grand)child or partner or the onset of a serious chronic condition, and by negative economic shocks such as job loss or the reduction of pension benefits. It is conceivable that the impact of such...

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