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The Effect of Non-Cognitive Traits on Health Behaviours in Adolescence
Mendolia, Silvia - 2013
This paper investigates the relationship between personality traits in adolescence and health behaviours using a large and recent cohort study. In particular, we investigate the impact of locus of control, self-esteem and conscientiousness at age 15-16, on the incidence of health behaviours such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013083750
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Are Risk Aversion and Impatience Related to Cognitive Ability?
Dohmen, Thomas J.; Falk, Armin; Huffman, David; Sunde, Uwe - 2021
conducted in subjects' own homes. We find that lower cognitive ability is associated with significantly more impatient behavior …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317128
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Cognitive, Socioemotional and Behavioral Returns to College Quality
Dasgupta, Utteeyo - 2017
We exploit the variation in the admissions cutoffs across colleges of a leading Indian university in a regression discontinuity framework to estimate the causal effects of enrolling in a selective college on: cognitive attainment, behavioral preferences, and Big Five personality. We find that...
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Destined for (Un)Happiness : Does Childhood Predict Adult Life Satisfaction?
Frijters, Paul - 2011
In this paper we address the question of how much of adult life satisfaction is predicted by childhood traits, parental … lives this cohort has been asked about their life satisfaction (at ages 33, 42, 46, and 50). A substantive finding is that … characteristics of the child and family at birth predict no more than 1.2% of the variance in average adult life satisfaction. A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013122962
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Sports and Child Development
Felfe, Christina - 2011
Despite the relevance of cognitive and non-cognitive skills for professional success, their formation is not yet fully understood. This study fills part of this gap by analyzing the effect of sports club participation, one of the most popular extra-curricular activities, on children's skill...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013118274
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Smart and Dangerous : How Cognitive Skills Drive the Intergenerational Transmission of Retaliation
Henry, Ruby - 2011
A need exists to understand how people develop an aggressive, retaliatory conflict resolution policy vs. a more passive reconciliation stance. I contribute a choice-theoretic model that explains how cognitive skills drive the transmission of conflict resolution policies. A childﾒs resolution...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013131920
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Noncognitive Skills, Occupational Attainment, and Relative Wages
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. - 2011
This paper examines whether men's and women's noncognitive skills influence their occupational attainment and, if so, whether this contributes to the disparity in their relative wages. We find that noncognitive skills have a substantial effect on the probability of employment in many, though not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013134538
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The Height Premium in Earnings : The Role of Physical Capacity and Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills
Lundborg, Petter - 2011
The association between stature and favorable labor market outcomes has been extensively documented. Recent studies have attributed this height premium to cognitive and social skills. We offer an alternative explanation, where the premium mainly arises from the positive association between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013134539
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Household Choices and Child Development
Del Boca, Daniela - 2010
standard model of household life cycle behavior. The model generates endogenous dynamic interrelationships between the child …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013138671
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Intra-Household Resource Allocation : Do Parents Reduce or Reinforce Child Cognitive Ability Gaps?
Frijters, Paul - 2010
Do parents invest more or less in their high ability children? We provide new evidence on this question by comparing observed ability differences and observed investment differences between siblings in the NLSY. To overcome endogeneity issues we use sibling differences in handedness as an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013138725