Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/193435 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Citation: 
[Journal:] IZA World of Labor [ISSN:] 2054-9571 [Article No.:] 453 [Publisher:] Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) [Place:] Bonn [Year:] 2018
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Common proxies, such as years of education, have been shown to be ineffective at capturing cross-country differences in skills acquisition, as well as the role they play in the labor market. A large body of research shows that direct measures of skills, in particular cognitive and socio-emotional ones, provide more adequate estimations of individuals’ differences in potential productive capacity than the quantity of education they receive. Evidence shows that cognitive skills in particular are quite relevant to explain wages, while socio-emotional skills are more associated with labor force and education participation decisions.
Subjects: 
returns to skills
cognitive skills
socio-emotional skills
personality traits
labor market outcomes
JEL: 
J24
J31
I24
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Document Type: 
Article

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