%0 Report %A Cuesta, Maite Blázquez %A Budría, Santiago %T Unemployment Persistence: How Important Are Non-Cognitive Skills? %D 2012 %8 2012 Jun %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) %C Bonn %7 IZA Discussion Paper %N 6654 %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp6654 %X Using a random effects dynamic panel data model and the 2000-2008 waves of the German SOEP this paper shows that non-cognitive skills have a predictive power on unemployment transitions. %K unemployment persistence %K dynamic random effects model %K non-cognitive skills