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Do non-cognitive skills help explain the occupational segregation of young people?
Antecol, Heather; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. - 2010
This paper investigates the role of non-cognitive skills in the occupational segregation of young workers entering the US labor market. We find entry into male-dominated fields of study and male-dominated occupations are both related to the extent to which individuals believe they are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272630
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Two economists' musings on the stability of locus of control
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Schurer, Stefanie - 2011
Empirical studies of the role of non-cognitive skills in driving economic behavior often rely heavily on the assumption that these skills are stable over the relevant time frame. We analyze the change in a specific non-cognitive skill, i.e. locus of control, in order to directly assess the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278759
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The stability of big-five personality traits
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Schurer, Stefanie - 2011
We use a large, nationally-representative sample of working-age adults to demonstrate that personality (as measured by … the Big Five) is stable over a four-year period. Average personality changes are small and do not vary substantially … across age groups. Intra-individual personality change is generally unrelated to experiencing adverse life events and is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286267
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The Stability of Big-Five Personality Traits
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Schurer, Stefanie - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We use a large, nationally-representative sample of working-age adults to demonstrate that personality (as measured by … the Big Five) is stable over a four-year period. Average personality changes are small and do not vary substantially … across age groups. Intra-individual personality change is generally unrelated to experiencing adverse life events and is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009283590
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Do Non-Cognitive Skills Help Explain the Occupational Segregation of Young People?
Antecol, Heather; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
This paper investigates the role of non-cognitive skills in the occupational segregation of young workers entering the U.S. labor market. We find entry into male-dominated fields of study and male-dominated occupations are both related to the extent to which individuals believe they are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008548715
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Two Economists’ Musings on the Stability of Locus of Control
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Schurer, Stefanie - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Empirical studies of the role of non-cognitive skills in driving economic behavior often rely heavily on the assumption that these skills are stable over the relevant time frame. We analyze the change in a specific non-cognitive skill, i.e. locus of control, in order to directly assess the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008924609
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Noncognitive skills, occupational attainment, and relative wages
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Tan, Michelle - 2009
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/10010271312
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Noncognitive Skills, Occupational Attainment, and Relative Wages
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Tan, Michelle - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
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/10005039653
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The Bilingual Gap in Children's Language and Emotional Development
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Harmon, Colm P.; Staneva, Anita - 2018
In this paper we examine whether – conditional on other family inputs – bilingual children achieve different outcomes in language and emotional development. Our data come from the UK Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) which allows us to analyze children's language and emotional development in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011931765
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The bilingual gap in children's language, emotional, and pro-social development
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Harmon, Colm; Staneva, Anita - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 10 (2021) 1, pp. 1-41
In this paper we examine whether - conditional on other child endowments and family inputs - bilingual children achieve different language, emotional, and pro-social developmental outcomes. Our data, which allow us to analyze children's development in a dynamic framework, are extracted from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014550237