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Identification Problems in Personality Psychology

Borghans, Lex; Golsteyn, Bart; Heckman, James J.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

This paper discusses and illustrates identification problems in personality psychology. The measures used by … explained by personality variables. …

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Hard evidence on soft skills

Heckman, James J.; Kautz, Tim - In: Labour Economics 19 (2012) 4, pp. 451-464

This paper summarizes recent evidence on what achievement tests measure; how achievement tests relate to other measures of “cognitive ability” like IQ and grades; the important skills that achievement tests miss or mismeasure, and how much these skills matter in life.

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Personality Psychology and Economics

Almlund, Mathilde; Duckworth, Angela Lee; Heckman, James J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

This paper explores the power of personality traits both as predictors and as causes of academic and economic success …, health, and criminal activity. Measured personality is interpreted as a construct derived from an economic model of … preferences, constraints, and information. Evidence is reviewed about the "situational specificity" of personality traits and …

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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; Weel, Bas ter; … - Directorate for Education, Organisation de Coopération … - 2014

IQ tests and achievement tests do not capture non-cognitive skills — personality traits, goals, character and …

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Hard Evidence on Soft Skills

Heckman, James J.; Kautz, Tim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

– personality traits, goals, motivations, and preferences that are valued in the labor market, in school, and in many other domains …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279310

Identification problems in personality psychology

Borghans, Lex; Golsteyn, Bart; Heckman, James J.; … - 2011

This paper discusses and illustrates identification problems in personality psychology. The measures used by … explained by personality variables. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278574

Personality psychology and economics

Almlund, Mathilde; Duckworth, Angela Lee; Heckman, James J. - 2011

This paper explores the power of personality traits both as predictors and as causes of academic and economic success …, health, and criminal activity. Measured personality is interpreted as a construct derived from an economic model of … preferences, constraints, and information. Evidence is reviewed about the situational specificity of personality traits and …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278622

Hard evidence on soft skills

Heckman, James J.; Kautz, Tim - 2012

- personality traits, goals, motivations, and preferences that are valued in the labor market, in school, and in many other domains …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282367

Hard evidence on soft skills

Heckman, James J.; Kautz, Tim - In: Labour economics : official journal of the European … 19 (2012) 4, pp. 451-464

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