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19 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14132
Gender Gaps in Cognitive and Noncognitive Skills: Roles of SES and Gender Attitudes
Justine Hervé, Subha Mani, Jere R. Behrman, Arindam Nandi, Anjana Sankhil Lamkang, Ramanan Laxminarayan
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13338
The Impact of Working Memory Training on Children's Cognitive and Noncognitive Skills
Eva M. Berger, Ernst Fehr, Henning Hermes, Daniel Schunk, Kirsten Winkel
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13206
Investigating the Genetic Architecture of Non-Cognitive Skills Using GWAS-By-Subtraction
Perline A. Demange, Margherita Malanchini, Travis T. Mallard, Pietro Biroli
published in: Nature Genetics, 2021, 53, 35 - 44
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12531
Numeracy and Unemployment Duration
Thomas Dohmen, Bert van Landeghem
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11724
The Skill Development of Children of Immigrants
Marie C. Hull, Jonathan Norris
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2020, 78, 102036
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10914
The Rising Return to Non-Cognitive Skill
Per-Anders Edin, Peter Fredriksson, Martin Nybom, Björn Öckert
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10566
Cognitive Skills, Noncognitive Skills, and School-to-Work Transitions in Rural China
Paul Glewwe, Qiuqiong Huang, Albert Park
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10538
Origins of Adulthood Personality: The Role of Adverse Childhood Experiences
Jason M. Fletcher, Stefanie Schurer
published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2017, 17(2), 20150212
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9559
Test Scores, Noncognitive Skills and Economic Growth
Pau Balart, Matthijs Oosterveen, Dinand Webbink
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9277
High School Experiences, the Gender Wage Gap, and the Selection of Occupation
Michael R. Strain, Douglas A. Webber
published in: Applied Economics, 2017, 49 (49), 5040-5049
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7595
Educational Inequality and the Returns to Skills
Shelly Lundberg
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6131
Can Money Change Who We Are? Estimating the Effects of Unearned Income on Measures of Incentive-Enhancing Personality Traits
Nattavudh Powdthavee, Christopher J. Boyce, Alex M. Wood
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5425
The Role of Mothers and Fathers in Providing Skills: Evidence from Parental Deaths
Jérôme Adda, Anders Björklund, Helena Holmlund
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5050
Investing in Our Young People
Flavio Cunha, James J. Heckman
published in: Arthur Reynolds, Arthur Rolnick, Michelle M. Englund, and Judy A. Temple (eds.), Cost-Effective Programs in Children's First Decade: A Human Capital Integration, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010, 381-414
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4975
The GED
James J. Heckman, John Eric Humphries, Nicholas S. Mader
published in: E.A. Hanushek, S. Machin and S. Woessman (eds.), Handbook of the Economics of Education, Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2011, Chapter 9, 423-483
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4702
Estimating the Technology of Cognitive and Noncognitive Skill Formation
Flavio Cunha, James J. Heckman, Susanne Schennach
published in: Econometrica, 2010, 78 (3), 883-931
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3515
Schools, Skills, and Synapses
James J. Heckman
published in: Economic Inquiry, 2008, 46 (3), 289-324
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2725
The Productivity Argument for Investing in Young Children
James J. Heckman, Dimitriy V. Masterov
published in: Review of Agricultural Economics, 2007, 29 (3), 446-493
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2429
The Role of Noncognitive Skills in Explaining Cognitive Test Scores
Lex Borghans, Huub Meijers, Bas ter Weel
published in: Economic Inquiry, 2008, 46 (1), 2-12
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