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The effect of personality traits on subject choice and performance in high school: Evidence from an English cohort
Mendolia, Silvia; Walker, Ian - In: Economics of Education Review 43 (2014) C, pp. 47-65
This paper investigates the relationship between personality traits in adolescence and performance in high school using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011117003
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Do NEETs Need Grit?
Mendolia, Silvia; Walker, Ian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper investigates the relationship between personality traits in adolescence and education and labour market … show that personality traits do affect education and employment choices. We test the robustness of our results using the … - perseverance) on the risk of youths being NEET – "Not in Education, Employment or Training". Thus, our focus is on early drop …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011106162
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The effect of personality traits on subject choice and performance in high school
Mendolia, Silvia; Walker, Ian - Department of Economics, Management School - 2014
This paper investigates the relationship between personality traits in adolescence and performance in high school using … control for a rich set of adolescent and family characteristics and we find that personality traits do affect study choices … unobservables that determine test scores and subjects’ choices and the unobservables that influence personality.<br/> …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011165296
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Timiditatea si stima de sine la adolescenti – studiu empiric - Shyness and Self-Esteem in Adolescents - An Empirical Study (Romanian version)
RECLARU, Professor Mariana - In: Anuarul Universitatii „Petre Andrei” din Iasi / … 1 (2010) 5, pp. 174-190
adolescents in order to understand their behaviors and their personality changes in the structure inherent in this ontogenetic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009144421
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Allergy Test: Seasonal Allergens and Performance in School
Marcotte, Dave E. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Seasonal pollen allergies affect approximately 1 in 5 school age children. Clinical research has established that these allergies result in large and consistent decrements in cognitive functioning, problem solving ability and speed, focus and energy. However, the impact of seasonal allergies on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959711
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The Effects of Parental Death and Chronic Poverty on Children’s Education and Health : Evidence from Indonesia
Suryadarma, Daniel; Pakpahan, Yus Medina; Suryahadi, Asep - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
significant effect of orphanhood on health. However, chronically poor children have worse health and education outcomes. Among … young children, the effect of maternal orphanhood on education is significantly more adverse than that of chronic poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363492
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The Effects of Parental Death and Chronic Poverty on Children’s Education and Health : Evidence from Indonesia
Suryadarma, Daniel; Pakpahan, Yus Medina; Suryahadi, Asep - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
significant effect of orphanhood on health. However, chronically poor children have worse health and education outcomes. Among … young children, the effect of maternal orphanhood on education is significantly more adverse than that of chronic poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363555
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Economic Conditions at Birth, Birth Weight, Ability, and the Causal Path to Cardiovascular Mortality
den Berg, Gerard J. van; Modin, Bitte - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
education and to what extent those mitigate the long-run effects. We use individual records of Swedish birth cohorts from 1915 … direct biological mechanisms. We do not find evidence of indirect pathways through ability or education, and the long …-run effects are not mitigated by education. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010695870
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Economic Conditions at Birth, Birth Weight, Ability, and the Causal Path to Cardiovascular Mortality
Modin, Bitte; den Berg, Gerard J van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
education and to what extent those mitigate the long-run effects. We use individual records of Swedish birth cohorts from 1915 … direct biological mechanisms. We do not find evidence of indirect pathways through ability or education, and the long …-run effects are not mitigated by education. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084641
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The Effect of Non-Cognitive Traits on Health Behaviours in Adolescence
Mendolia, Silvia; Walker, Ian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper investigates the relationship between personality traits in adolescence and health behaviours using a large … adolescent and family characteristics and we find that personality traits do affect health behaviours. In particular, individuals …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959822