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Variation of learning intensity in late adolescence and the impact on noncognitive skills
Büttner, Bettina; Thiel, Hendrik; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2011
Despite the interdependence between cognitive and noncognitive skills, empirical studies have shown a longer period of acquisition in life-time for the latter besides relevance for educational and labor market success. Analyzing returns of investments during different periods of life is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010304325
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Variation of learning intensity in late adolescence and the impact on noncognitive skills
Büttner, Bettina; Thiel, Hendrik; Thomsen, Stephan L. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011
Despite the interdependence between cognitive and noncognitive skills, empirical studies have shown a longer period of acquisition in life-time for the latter besides relevance for educational and labor market success. Analyzing returns of investments during different periods of life is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008869227
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Noncognitive skills in economics: Models, measurement, and empirical evidence
Thiel, Hendrik; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2009
There is an increasing economic literature considering personality. This paper provides an overview on the role of these skills regarding three main aspects of economic analysis: measurement, theoretical modeling, and empirical estimates. Based on the relevant literature from different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299499
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Noncognitive skills in economics: Models, measurement, and empirical evidence
Thiel, Hendrik; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2011
There is an increasing economic literature considering personality traits as a source of individual differences in labor market productivity and other outcomes. This paper provides an overview on the role of these skills regarding three main aspects: measurement, development over the life...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010307839
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Noncognitive skills in economics: Models, measurement, and empirical evidence
Thiel, Hendrik; Thomsen, Stephan L. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011
There is an increasing economic literature considering personality traits as a source of individual differences in labor market productivity and other outcomes. This paper provides an overview on the role of these skills regarding three main aspects: measurement, development over the life...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009646605
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Noncognitive skills in economics: Models, measurement, and empirical evidence
Thiel, Hendrik; Thomsen, Stephan L. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009
There is an increasing economic literature considering personality. This paper provides an overview on the role of these skills regarding three main aspects of economic analysis: measurement, theoretical modeling, and empirical estimates. Based on the relevant literature from different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008500712
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Effects of age at school entry (ASE) on the development of non-cognitive skills: Evidence from psychometric data
Mühlenweg, Andrea M.; Blomeyer, Dorothea; Laucht, Manfred - 2011
psychometric measures from a longitudinal cohort study of children in the Rhine-Neckar region in central Germany. In children with … dimensions: These children are more persistent and less often hyperactive. The findings are robust if we control for the … comparing the children at age eight and age eleven, after the children have entered Germany's segregated secondary-school tracks …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010304336
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Different counselors, many options: Career guidance and career plans in secondary schools
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Hillerich-Sigg, Annette; … - 2019
Career guidance assists students with the school-to-work transition. Based on a survey in secondary schools in Germany, we analyze career guidance activities and how these affect career plans. The take-up of career guidance depends upon the school track attended and upon the school and class...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011986597
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Inequality of educational opportunities and the role of learning intensity: Evidence from a quasi-experiment in Germany
Camarero Garcia, Sebastian - 2018
Over the 2000s, many federal states in Germany shortened the duration of secondary school by one year while keeping the curriculum unchanged. Exploiting quasi-experimental variation due to the staggered introduction of this reform allows me to identify the causal effect of increased learning...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011842228
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Effects of age at school entry (ASE) on the development of non-cognitive skills: Evidence from psychometric data
Mühlenweg, Andrea M.; Blomeyer, Dorothea; Laucht, Manfred - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011
psychometric measures from a longitudinal cohort study of children in the Rhine-Neckar region in central Germany. In children with … dimensions: These children are more persistent and less often hyperactive. The findings are robust if we control for the … comparing the children at age eight and age eleven, after the children have entered Germany's segregated secondary-school tracks …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008869231