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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...
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...
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...
The Returns to Education and Basic Skills Training for Individuals with Poor Health or Disability
Education Basic Skills Individuals Poor Health Disability
2009/11/5
This paper examines linkages between disability and health status and the returns to education and basic skills training. It bases analyses on two separate data sources: wave 3 from the 1993 panel of ...