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Hard evidence on soft skills
Heckman, James J.; Kautz, Tim - 2012
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. Achievement tests miss, or...
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The strength and persistence of entrepreneurial cultures
Foreman-Peck, James; Zhou, Peng - 2010
The twentieth century United States provides a natural experiment to measure the strength and persistence of entrepreneurial cultures. Assuming immigrants bear the cultures of their birth place, comparison of revealed entrepreneurial propensities of US immigrant groups in 1910 and 2000 reflected...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288858
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The pattern and valuation effects of corporate diversification: A comparison of the United States, Japan, and other East Asian economies
Claessens, Stijn; Djankov, Simeon; Fan, Joseph; Lang, Larry - 2001
related businessesas measured by the degree of vertical relatedness and complementaritythan firms in the USA. Using data for … valuation of USA and Japanese firms. Complementary diversification is not detrimental to corporate value, and even enhances … value in the USA, Japan, Korea, and Singapore. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010279186
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Reluctant US vs ambitious German direct investment in China: The tale of two strategies
Langhammer, Rolf J. - 2022
Der Autor zeigt, dass die USA als weltgrößter Auslandsinvestor bislang die dynamischste Gastregion Ostasien … Ausrichtung - USA im Dienstleistungssektor, Deutschland im Verarbeitenden Gewerbe-, (2) Unterschiede im regulatorischen Rahmen zum … Schutz der nationalen Sicherheit in den beiden Herkunftsländern - in den USA viel stärker als in Deutschland, insbesondere …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012875993
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Cognition and economic outcomes in the health and retirement survey
MacArdle, John J.; Smith, James P.; Willis, Robert - 2009
Dimensions of cognitive skills are potentially important but often neglected determinants of the central economic outcomes that shape overall well-being over the life course. There exists enormous variation among households in their rates of wealth accumulation, their holdings of financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269015
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Education, Cognition, Health Knowledge, and Health Behavior
Mocan, Naci; Altindag, Duha T. - 2013
education on health behavior is the same between those with and without a learning disability, suggesting that cognition is not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010500243
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Understanding the mechanisms through which an influential early childhood program boosted adult outcomes
Heckman, James J.; Pinto, Rodrigo; Savelyev, Peter - 2012
A growing literature establishes that high quality early childhood interventions targeted toward disadvantaged children have substantial impacts on later life outcomes. Little is known about the mechanisms producing these impacts. This paper uses longitudinal data on cognitive and personality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291343
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Ensuring respect for indigenous cultures: A moral rights approach
Vézina, Brigitte - 2020
From commercials to movies to fashion, Indigenous artworks have been misused in ways that are offensive to the artists who created them and disrespectful of the cultures that inspired them. Using Indigenous traditional cultural expressions (TCEs) without acknowledging their sources or providing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014565868
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Working in spite of high taxes: On the role of culture in explaining high employment in the Nordic Countries
Hall, Axel - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014306482
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Cultural identity, mobility, and decentralization
Schild, Christopher-Johannes; Wrede, Matthias - 2010
Regional cultural identity increases trust and facilitates interaction between native citizens ('social capital'). At the same time, it also affects non-native's migration decisions and their utility as it excludes non-native mobile workers from economic interaction within the region. Policies...
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