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There is an increasing economic literature considering personality. This paper provides an overview on the role of these skills regarding three main aspects of economic analysis: measurement, theoretical modeling, and empirical estimates. Based on the relevant literature from different...
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effectively improve the quality of primary schooling, as measured by pupil test-based achievements. Particular attention is …
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There is an increasing economic literature considering personality traits as a source of individual differences in labor market productivity and other outcomes. This paper provides an overview on the role of these skills regarding three main aspects: measurement, development over the life...
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This paper distills and extends recent research on the economics of human development and social mobility. It summarizes the evidence from diverse literatures on the importance of early life conditions in shaping multiple life skills and the evidence on critical and sensitive investment periods...
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Education policy-makers and practitioners want to know which policies and practices can best achieve their goals. But research that can inform evidence-based policy often requires complex methods to distinguish causation from accidental association. Avoiding econometric jargon and technical...
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Education policy-makers and practitioners want to know which policies and practices can best achieve their goals. But research that can inform evidence-based policy often requires complex methods to distinguish causation from accidental association. Avoiding econometric jargon and technical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003922964
investment in later years. High-quality early childhood and elementary school programs improve character skills in a lasting and …
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This paper provides a survey of the recent literature about firing costs and discusses the transmission channels of … firing costs in a partial equilibrium context. In addition, we expand our analysis two types of firing costs in a New …-respecting the bonding critique. We find that the two types of firing costs do not show significant differences. However, respecting …
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