foundational cognitive skills (FCSs), including executive functions (EF) that have been found to be key predictors of educational … success. These skills were measured via a series of tablet-based tasks administered in Peru as part of the Young Lives …

We extend the Lucas' 1988 model introducing two classes of agents with heterogeneous skills, discount factors and …

-cognitive skills. We compare evidence based on Multinational Time Use Study (MTUS) for five countries: France, Netherlands, Spain …-cognitive childcare activities. -- Time allocation ; cognitive skills ; non-cognitive skills ; intergenerational transmissions ; human …

This paper examines the effects of a substantial change in publicly funded paid parental leave in Germany on child … study the reform effects on children's language skills, motor skills, socio-emotional stability, and school readiness using …

This paper analyses the wage premia associated with workers' occupational use of foreign languages in Germany. After … fluent English skills are found. Returns to occupational use of other foreign languages are, if anything, restricted to a few … occupations that involve international factor flows. In such occupations it is likely that migrants can apply complementary skills …

In this paper, I evaluate potential side effects of the educational expansion in Germany on the learning outcomes of …In dieser Studie evaluiere ich mögliche Nebeneffekte der weitestgehend abgeschlossenen Bildungsexpansion in Deutschland …

We use OECD-PIAAC data to estimate the earnings effects of both years of education and of numerical skills. Our … percentage points return to an equivalent increase in numerical skills. Our results suggest that the same set of unobservables … drives the accumulation of both formal years of education and numeracy skills. OLS estimates underestimate returns to human …

entrepreneurs using a rich data set on the applied skills of individuals. This data set allows us to construct an indicator that … of different business sizes and entrepreneurs. Finally, the estimated returns to balanced skills are largest for … balancing skills at lower skill levels and income, indicating that both dimensions - skill level and skill scope - are relevant …