Noncognitive Skills and Their Development

Noncognitive Skills and Their Development
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Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Total Pages : 336
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ISBN-10 : 9780299237530
ISBN-13 : 0299237532
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Book Synopsis Noncognitive Skills and Their Development by : William N. Evans

Download or read book Noncognitive Skills and Their Development written by William N. Evans and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 2010-03 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These articles include recent research on ways to incorporate the noncognitive side of ability in economic theory and to empirically assess and explain its role in labor market and behavioral outcomes. Contributions investigate the extent to which assignment of workers is determined by traditional cognitive variables and by personality traits. Also presented in this collection is research on the role of noncognitive skills in explaining the labor market position of underrepresented groups and research that integrates the economic and psychological theory and evidence on noncognitive skills.


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