Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/44453 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
ZEW Discussion Papers No. 11-007
Publisher: 
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim
Abstract: 
Despite the interdependence between cognitive and noncognitive skills, empirical studies have shown a longer period of acquisition in life-time for the latter besides relevance for educational and labor market success. Analyzing returns of investments during different periods of life is therefore economically meaningful. We evaluate the effects of a substantial increase in the amount of curriculum per unit of time (learning intensity) at the end of higher secondary schooling on nine types of these skills. The results show no influence on the acquisition of noncognitive skills, indicating that personality does rather not depend on schooling investments in late adolescence.
Subjects: 
Noncognitive skills
human capital formation
learning intensity
natural experiment
Big Five
Locus of Control
Reciprocity
Self-Control
JEL: 
I21
I28
J24
C21
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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