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The intergenerational transmission of cognitive skills : an investigation of the causal impact of families on student outcomes
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Jacobs, Babs; Schwerdt, Guido; … - 2022
skill transmission on children's choices of STEM fields. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013164552
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Where do STEM graduates stem from? : the intergenerational transmission of comparative skill advantages
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Jacobs, Babs; Schwerdt, Guido; … - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle - 2023
quality. Finally, we show the strong influence of family skill transmission on children’s choices of STEM fields. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014283095
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Where do STEM graduates stem from? : the intergenerational transmission of comparative skill advantages
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Jacobs, Babs; Schwerdt, Guido; … - 2023
quality. Finally, we show the strong influence of family skill transmission on children's choices of STEM fields. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014276960
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Locus of control and human capital investment decisions : the role of effort, parental preferences and financial constraints
Szabó-Morvai, Ágnes; Kiss, Hubert János - 2020
We study the relationship between locus of control (LoC) and human capital investment decisions in the adolescence, using PDS lasso to exploit high-dimensional data. While LoC is not significantly associated with graduation from high school once we use exogenous controls, it correlates strongly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012439890
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Using Genes to Explore the Effects of Cognitive and Non-cognitive Skills on Education and Labor Market Outcomes
Buser, Thomas; Ahlskog, Rafael; Johannesson, Magnus; … - 2023
A large literature establishes that cognitive and non-cognitive skills are strongly correlated with educational attainment and professional achievement. Isolating the causal effects of these traits on career outcomes is made difficult by reverse causality and selection issues. We suggest a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014000358
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Using Genes to Explore the Relationship of Cognitive and Non-cognitive Skills with Education and Labor Market Outcomes
Buser, Thomas; Ahlskog, Rafael; Johannesson, Magnus; … - 2023
A large literature establishes that cognitive and non-cognitive skills are strongly correlated with educational attainment and professional achievement. Isolating the causal effects of these traits on career outcomes is made difficult by reverse causality and selection issues. We suggest a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014296869
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Using genes to explore the effects of cognitive and non-cognitive skills on education and labor market outcomes
Buser, Thomas; Ahlskog, Rafael; Johannesson, Magnus; … - 2021
A large literature establishes that cognitive and non-cognitive skills are strongly correlated with educational attainment and professional achievement. Isolating the causal effects of these traits on career outcomes is complicated by reverse causality and selection issues. We suggest a new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012650131
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Using genes to explore the effects of cognitive and non-cognitive skills on education and labor market outcomes
Buser, Thomas; Ahlskog, Rafael; Johannesson, Magnus; … - 2023 - Revision: February 2023
A large literature establishes that cognitive and non-cognitive skills are strongly correlated with educational attainment and professional achievement. Isolating the causal effects of these traits on career outcomes is made difficult by reverse causality and selection issues. We suggest a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014245859
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Using genes to explore the relationship of cognitive and non-cognitive skills with education and labor market outcomes
Buser, Thomas; Ahlskog, Rafael; Johannesson, Magnus; … - 2023
A large literature establishes that cognitive and non-cognitive skills are strongly correlated with educational attainment and professional achievement. Isolating the causal effects of these traits on career outcomes is made difficult by reverse causality and selection issues. We suggest a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014278024
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Much ado about nothing? The wage penalty of holding a Ph.D. degree but not a Ph.D. job position
Gaeta, Giuseppe Lucio; Lavadera, Giuseppe Lubrano; … - 2017
This paper contributes to the literature on overeducation by empirically investigating the wage penalty of job-education mismatch among Ph.D. holders who completed their studies in Italy; a country where the number of new doctoral recipients has dramatically increased over recent years while...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011607437