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dc.contributor.authorBartling, Björnen
dc.contributor.authorFehr, Ernsten
dc.contributor.authorSchunk, Danielen
dc.date.accessioned2011-10-05-
dc.date.accessioned2011-11-23T11:37:41Z-
dc.date.available2011-11-23T11:37:41Z-
dc.date.issued2011-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:101:1-201106013907en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/51841-
dc.description.abstractThe formation of human capital is important for a society's welfare and economic success. Recent literature shows that child health can provide an important explanation for disparities in children's human capital development across different socio-economic groups. While this literature focuses on cognitive skills as determinants of human capital, it neglects non-cognitive skills. We analyze data from economic experiments with preschoolers and their mothers to investigate whether child health can explain developmental gaps in children's non-cognitive skills. Our measure for children's non-cognitive skills is their willingness to compete with others. Our findings suggest that health problems are negatively related to children's willingness to compete and that the effect of health on competitiveness differs with socio-economic background. Health has a strongly negative effect in our sub-sample with low socioeconomic background, whereas there is no effect in our sub-sample with high socio-economic background.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x5740en
dc.subject.jelC90en
dc.subject.jelI10en
dc.subject.jelJ24en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordwillingness to competeen
dc.subject.keywordnon-cognitive skillsen
dc.subject.keywordhuman capitalen
dc.subject.keywordhealthen
dc.subject.keywordhousehold survey studiesen
dc.titleHealth effects on children's willingness to compete-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn669374636en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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