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How does socio-economic status shape a child's personality?
Deckers, Thomas; Falk, Armin; Kosse, Fabian; … - 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/10010510510
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How does socio-economic status shape a child's personality?
Deckers, Thomas; Falk, Armin; Kosse, Fabian; … - 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/10010530593
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Skill Formation, Temporary Disadvantage and Elite Education
Hjertstrand, Per; Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars - 2021
Elite skills have become crucial in today’s superstar economy. We develop a multi-period skillformation model where we show that individuals with temporary disadvantages must exert greater effort to gain access to elite education. This “underdog-incentive effect” implies that “educated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315204
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Skill formation, temporary disadvantage and elite education
Hjertstrand, Per; Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars - 2020
Elite skills have become crucial in today’s superstar economy. We develop a multi-period skill-formation model where we show that individuals with temporary disadvantages must exert greater effort to gain access to elite education. This “underdog-incentive effect” implies that “educated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012298682
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Impacts of parental health shocks on children's non-cognitive skills
Westermaier, Franz; Morefield, Brant; Mühlenweg, Andrea M. - 2013
We examine how parental health shocks affect children's non-cognitive skills. Based on a German mother-and-child data base, we draw on significant changes in selfreported parental health as an exogenous source of health variation to identify effects on outcomes for children at ages of three and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294373
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Impacts of parental health on children's development of personality traits and problem behavior: Evidence from parental health shocks
Morefield, Brant; Mühlenweg, Andrea M.; Westermaier, Franz - 2011
In this paper, we examine how parental health affects children's development of personality traits and problem behavior …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010306004
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Impacts of parental health shocks on children's non-cognitive skills
Westermaier, Franz; Morefield, Brant; Mühlenweg, Andrea M. - 2013
We examine how parental health shocks affect children's non-cognitive skills. Based on a German mother-and-child data base, we draw on significant changes in selfreported parental health as an exogenous source of health variation to identify effects on outcomes for children at ages of three and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010312882
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Youth sports and the accumulation of human capital : positive contributions to cognitive and non-cognitive skills justify public support of youth sports
Leeds, Michael A. - 2015
In response to declining budgets, many school districts in the US have reduced funding for sports. In Europe, parents may respond to difficult economic times by spending less on sports clubs for their children. Such cuts are unwise if participating in sports is an investment good as well as a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430225
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The effect of teenage employment on character skills, expectations and occupational choice strategies
Fuchs, Benjamin - 2016 - This draft: September 22, 2016
A growing body of research suggests that, even after controlling for cognitive abilities, personality predicts economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011554485
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When workers' skills become unbundled : some empirical consequences for sorting and wages
Nordström Skans, Oskar; Choné, Philippe; Kramarz, Francis - 2022
This empirical paper analyzes labor market sorting across establishments using Swedish register data on cognitive and non-cognitive abilities. We draw on the theoretical foundations of Chone' and Kramarz (2021), in which workers are endowed with sets of multidimensional skills that need to be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013174859