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How schooling affects cognitive skills is a fundamental question for studies of human capital
and labor markets. While scores on cognitive ability tests are positively associated with
schooling, it ...
Do Literacy and Numeracy Pay Off? On the Relationship between Basic Skills and Earnings
literacy numeracy earnings administrative data Germany ALWA
2012/10/22
Is there a reward for basic skills in the German labor market? To answer this question, we examine the relationship between literacy, numeracy and monthly gross earnings of full-time employed workers....
Good Skills in Bad Times: Cyclical Skill Mismatch and the Long-Term Effects of Graduating in a Recession
mismatch business cycle graduation
2012/10/22
We show that cyclical skill mismatch, defined as mismatch between the skills supplied by college graduates and skills demanded by hiring industries, is an important mechanism behind persistent career ...
Risk, Balanced Skills and Entrepreneurship
entrepreneurship jack-of-all-trades risk human capital occupational choice
2012/10/18
This paper proposes that risk aversion encourages individuals to invest in balanced skill profiles, making them more likely to become entrepreneurs. By not having taken this possible linkage into acco...
Educational Upgrading and Returns to Skills in Latin America: Evidence from a Supply-Demand Framework, 1990-2010
skill premia supply and demand of labor income inequality Latin America
2012/10/18
It has been argued that a factor behind the decline in income inequality in Latin America in the 2000s was the educational upgrading of its labor force. Between 1990 and 2010, the proportion of the la...
The Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital: Exploring the Role of Skills and Health Using Data on Adoptees and Twins
intergenerational transmission, human capital, education, health, cognitive skills, non-cognitive skills, adoptees, twins
2012/10/22
In this paper, we focus on possible causal mechanisms behind the intergenerational transmission of human capital. For this purpose, we use both an adoption and a twin design and study the effect of pa...
Distortions, Endogenous Managerial Skills and Productivity Differences
distortions size skill investments productivity differences
2012/10/23
We develop a span-of-control model where managerial skills are endogenous and the outcome of investments over the life cycle of managers. We calibrate this model to U.S plant-size data to quantify the...
Non-cognitive Skills and the Gender Disparities in Test Scores and Teacher Assessments: Evidence from Primary School
gender differences test scores grades educational attainment
2012/10/23
We extend the analysis of early-emerging gender differences in academic achievement to include both (objective) test scores and (subjective) teacher assessments. Using data from the 1998-99 ECLS-K coh...
Gender Gaps across Countries and Skills: Supply, Demand and the Industry Structure
gender gaps education demand and supply industry structure
2012/10/24
The gender wage gap varies widely across countries and across skill groups within countries. Interestingly, there is a positive cross-country correlation between the unskilled-to-skilled gender wage g...
Where to Put the Kids? Effects of Type of Non-parental Child Care on Pre-teen Skills and Risky Behavior
child care skills risky behaviors evaluation
2012/10/25
This paper investigates pre-teenage effects of the choice of type of non-parental child care at age three (preschool relative to more informal family day care). We exploit a Danish panel data child su...
Improving Reading Skills by Encouraging Children to Read: A Randomized Evaluation of the Sa Aklat Sisikat Reading Program in the Philippines
education reading development
2012/10/26
We evaluate a program that aims to improve children's reading skills by providing classes with age-appropriate reading material and incentivizing children to read through a 31 day read-a-thon. During ...
Non Cognitive Skills and Personality Traits: Labour Market Relevance and their Development in Education & Training Systems
non cognitive skills Europe
2012/10/30
This paper reviews the empirical economic literature on the relative importance of non cognitive skills for school and labour market outcomes, with a focus on Europe. There is evidence that high cogni...
The Intergenerational Transmission of Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills During Adolescence and Young Adulthood
cognitive abilities personality intergenerational transmission skill formation
2012/10/26
This study examines cognitive and non-cognitive skills and their transmission from parents to children as one potential candidate to explain the intergenerational link of socio-economic status. Using ...
The American Family in Black and White: A Post-Racial Strategy for Improving Skills to Promote Equality
skill gap racial inequality early childhood intervention
2012/11/1
In contemporary America, racial gaps in achievement are primarily due to gaps in skills. Skill gaps emerge early before children enter school. Families are major producers of those skills. Inequality ...
The Role of Mothers and Fathers in Providing Skills: Evidence from Parental Deaths
family background cognitive and noncognitive skills parental death
2012/11/2
This paper evaluates the long-term consequences of parental death on children’s cognitive and noncognitive skills, as well as on labor market outcomes. We exploit a large administrative data set cover...
