American business seems to be infatuated with its workers' "leadership" skills. Is there such a thing, and is it … leadership positions in high school earn more as adults, even when cognitive skills are held constant. The pure leadership … adults, and leadership skills command a higher wage premium within managerial occupations than other jobs. We find evidence …

American business seems to be infatuated with its workers' "leadership" skills. Is there such a thing, and is it … leadership positions in high school earn more as adults, even when cognitive skills are held constant. The pure leadership … adults, and leadership skills command a higher wage premium within managerial occupations than other jobs. We find evidence …

(as far back as Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations) points to the importance of skills in tackling wage inequality. Yet a … recent strand of the research argues that (cognitive) skills explain little of the cross-country differences in wage … inequality. Does this challenge the received wisdom on the relationship between skills and wage inequality? No, because this …

skills, while others - mostly blue collar, but not only - being more intensive in Routine and Manual skills. We also find …, these results suggest that as countries develop, they tend to adopt and use certain skills more widely, especially across … occupations. This may suggest some degree of specialization in skills content of tasks as countries develop, especially moving …