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Behavioral Economics of Education
Koch, Alexander K.; Nafziger, Julia; Nielsen, Helena Skyt - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
of education. By now research recognizes cognitive skills (as measured by achievement tests) and soft skills (personality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959676
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How Does Socio-Economic Status Shape a Child's Personality?
Thomas, Deckers; Armin, Falk; Fabian, Kosse; Hannah, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
personality we investigate encompass time preferences, risk preferences, and altruism, as well as crystallized and fluid IQ. We …We show that socio-economic status (SES) is a powerful predictor of many facets of a child's personality. The facets of …'s personality by documenting that many dimensions of a child's environment differ systematically by SES: parenting style, quantity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011252547
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How Does Socio-Economic Status Shape a Child's Personality?
Deckers, Thomas; Falk, Armin; Kosse, Fabian; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
personality we investigate encompass time preferences, risk preferences, and altruism, as well as crystallized and fluid IQ. We …We show that socio-economic status (SES) is a powerful predictor of many facets of a child's personality. The facets of …'s personality by documenting that many dimensions of a child's environment differ systematically by SES: parenting style, quantity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265283
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The making of a manager: evidence from military officer training
Grönqvist, Erik; Lindqvist, Erik - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2015
We show that officer training during the Swedish military service has a strong positive effect on the probability to attain a managerial position later in life. The most intense type of officer training increases the probability of becoming a civilian manager by about 5 percentage points, or 75...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272204
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The Making of a Manager: Evidence from Military Officer Training
Grönqvist, Erik; Lindqvist, Erik - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2015
We show that officer training during the Swedish military service has a strong positive effect on the probability to attain a managerial position later in life. The most intense type of officer training increases the probability of becoming a civilian manager by about 5 percentage points, or 75...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276392
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Frühkindliche Bildung und spätere kognitive und nichtkognitive Fähigkeiten: deutsche und internationale Evidenz
Schlotter, Martin; Wößmann, Ludger - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung / Quarterly … 79 (2010) 3, pp. 99-120
Preschool Education and Later Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills: German and International Evidence - We present international and German evidence on the association between preschool education and later cognitive and non-cognitive skills based on data from TIMSS, PISA, PIRLS, and the DJI...
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Fostering and Measuring Skills: Improving Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills to Promote Lifetime Success
Kautz, Tim; Heckman, James J.; Diris, Ron; ter Weel, Bas; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
establishes that achievement tests do not adequately capture character skills: personality traits, goals, motivations, and … preferences that are valued in the labor market, in school, and in many other domains. Their predictive power rivals that of …
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Testing the Validity of Item Non-Response as a Proxy for Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills
Kassenboehmer, Sonja C.; Schurer, Stefanie; Leung, Felix - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
Cognitive and non-cognitive skills are important determinants of labor market outcomes, but are often unobserved. We propose a proxy for these skills derived from item non-response information and a procedure to test its validity. Exploiting a unique data-collection feature of an Australian...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011195812
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A conceptual typology of multitasking behavior and polychronicity preferences
Circella, Giovanni; Mokhtarian, Patricia L.; Poff, Laura K. - In: electronic International Journal of Time Use Research 9 (2012) 1, pp. 59-107
This paper introduces a conceptual framework for the systematic analysis of multitasking behavior, and the corresponding degree of preference for doing multiple activities simultaneously (polychronicity). A typology of multitasking is developed along the two dimensions “share of time” and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010682621
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Noncognitive Skills in Economics: Models, Measurement, and Empirical Evidence
Thiel, Hendrik; Thomsen, Stephan L. - Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaft, … - 2009
There is an increasing economic literature considering personality. This paper provides an overview on the role of …. Based on the relevant literature from different disciplines, the common psychometric measures used to assess personality are … discussed. A recently proposed theoretical framework of human capital production takes personality explicitly into account. It …
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