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What grades and achievement tests measure
Borghans, Lex; Golsteyn, Bart H. H.; Heckman, James J.; … - 2016
Intelligence quotient (IQ), grades, and scores on achievement tests are widely used as measures of cognition, yet the … correlations among them are far from perfect. This paper uses a variety of data sets to show that personality and IQ predict grades … than IQ of a variety of important life outcomes. Both grades and achievement tests are substantially better predictors of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011580913
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Hard evidence on soft skills
Heckman, James J.; Kautz, Tim - 2012
of cognitive ability like IQ and grades; the important skills that achievement tests miss or mismeasure, and how much …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282367
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Hard evidence on soft skills
Heckman, James J.; Kautz, Tim - In: Labour economics : official journal of the European … 19 (2012) 4, pp. 451-464
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009690240
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Fostering and Measuring Skills: Interventions That Improve Character and Cognition
Heckman, James J.; Kautz, Tim - 2013
This paper reviews the recent literature on measuring and boosting cognitive and noncognitive skills. The literature establishes that achievement tests do not adequately capture character skills - personality traits, goals, motivations, and preferences that are valued in the labor market, in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329163
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Fostering and measuring skills : interventions that improve character and cognition
Heckman, James J.; Kautz, Tim - 2013
This paper reviews the recent literature on measuring and boosting cognitive and noncognitive skills. The literature establishes that achievement tests do not adequately capture character skills – personality traits, goals, motivations, and preferences that are valued in the labor market, in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010221678
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Overconfidence is a social signaling bias
Burks, Stephen V.; Carpenter, Jeffrey P.; Goette, Lorenz; … - 2010
Evidence from psychology and economics indicates that many individuals overestimate their ability, both absolutely and relatively. We test three different theories about observed relative overconfidence. The first theory notes that simple statistical comparisons (for example, whether the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269888
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Overconfidence is a Social Signaling Bias
Burks, Stephen V.; Carpenter, Jeffrey P.; Goette, Lorenz; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Evidence from psychology and economics indicates that many individuals overestimate their ability, both absolutely and relatively. We test three different theories about observed relative overconfidence. The first theory notes that simple statistical comparisons (for example, whether the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008529123
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Identification problems in personality psychology
Borghans, Lex; Golsteyn, Bart; Heckman, James J.; … - 2011
substantial portions of the variance in achievement test scores and grades, which are often used as measures of cognition, are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278574
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Identification Problems in Personality Psychology
Borghans, Lex; Golsteyn, Bart; Heckman, James J.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
substantial portions of the variance in achievement test scores and grades, which are often used as measures of cognition, are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008922967
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Cognitive Ability, Character Skills, and Learning to Play Equilibrium: A Level-k Analysis
Gill, David; Prowse, Victoria - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010377362