TY - RPRT AU - Cuesta, Maite Blázquez AU - Budría, Santiago TI - Unemployment Persistence: How Important Are Non-Cognitive Skills? PY - 2012/Jun/ PB - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) CY - Bonn T2 - IZA Discussion Paper IS - 6654 UR - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp6654 AB - 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. KW - unemployment persistence KW - dynamic random effects model KW - non-cognitive skills ER -