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Athletes Greatly Benefit from Participation in Sports at the College and Secondary Level
Heckman, James J.; Loughlin, Colleen P. - 2021
participation in sports for student athletes. Anecdotes about the exploitation of student athletes were cited in the opinion. This … paper uses panel data for two different cohorts that follow students from high school through college and into their post … minority students are substantial, contrary to the anecdotes in play in the media and in the courts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013218636
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Athletes Greatly Benefit from Participation in Sports at the College and Secondary Level
Heckman, James J.; Loughlin, Colleen P. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
participation in sports for student athletes. Anecdotes about the exploitation of student athletes were cited in the opinion. This … paper uses panel data for two different cohorts that follow students from high school through college and into their post … minority students are substantial, contrary to the anecdotes in play in the media and in the courts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012599362
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The GED
Heckman, James J. - 2010
induces some students to drop out of school. The GED program is unique to the United States and Canada, but provides policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013141745
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The GED
Heckman, James J.; Humphries, John Eric; Mader, Nicholas S. - 2010
induces some students to drop out of school. The GED program is unique to the United States and Canada, but provides policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003969747
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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: Improving Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills to Promote Lifetime Success
Kautz, Tim; Heckman, James J.; Diris, Ron; ter Weel, Bas; … - 2014
This paper reviews the recent literature on measuring and boosting cognitive and non-cognitive 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/10010481584
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Fostering and Measuring Skills: Improving Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills to Promote Lifetime Success
ter Weel, Bas; Borghans, Lex; Kautz, Tim; Heckman, James J. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
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/10011098927
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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
This paper reviews the recent literature on measuring and boosting cognitive and non-cognitive 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/10011105056
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Fostering and Measuring Skills: Interventions That Improve Character and Cognition
Heckman, James J.; Kautz, Tim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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/10010766382
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Fostering and Measuring Skills: Interventions That Improve Character and Cognition
Heckman, James J.; Kautz, Tim - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 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/10010711811