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  1. Fuck Up & Go! Scheitern lernen Ziele erreichen
    Emotionale Intelligenz Konfliktmanagement & Resilienz trainieren, Sabotage Manipulationstechniken & Risiko-Psychologie verstehen
    Author: Janson, Simone
    Published: 2021
    Publisher:  Best of HR – Berufebilder.de®, Duesseldorf

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  2. Estimating the technology of cognitive and noncognitive skill formation
    Author: Cunha, Flávio; Heckman, James J.; Schennach, Susanne M.
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH, Bonn

  3. The effect of tracking students by ability into different schools
    a natural experiment
    Author: Guyon, Nina; Maurin, Eric; McNally, Sandra
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, Milano

    The tracking of pupils by ability into elite and non-elite schools represents a controversial policy in many countries. There is no consensus on how large the elite track should be and little agreement on the effects of any further increase in its... more

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    The tracking of pupils by ability into elite and non-elite schools represents a controversial policy in many countries. There is no consensus on how large the elite track should be and little agreement on the effects of any further increase in its size. This paper presents a natural experiment where the increase in the size of the elite track was followed by a significant improvement in average educational outcomes. This experiment provides a rare opportunity to isolate the overall effect of allowing entry to the elite track for a group that was previously only at the margin of being admitted. -- Education ; Tracking ; Selection

     
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    Series: Array ; 152.2010
    Subjects: Bildungsverhalten; Schulauswahl; Elite; Intelligenz; Experiment; Bildungsertrag; Nordirland
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  4. Quality of social networks and educational investment decisions
    Author: Zuluaga, André Blanca
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  Center for Economic Studies, Leuven

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    Series: Discussion paper series / Center for Economic Studies ; 10.29
    Subjects: Soziales Netzwerk; Bildungsinvestition; Schule; Intelligenz; Belgien
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  5. The role early-life conditions in the cognitive decline due to adverse events later in life
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  Inst. for Labour Market Policy Evaluation, Uppsala

    Serious life events, such as the loss or the onset of a chronic condition may influence cognitive functioning. We examine whether the cognitive impact of such events is stronger if conditions very early in life were adverse, using Dutch lnogitudinal... more

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    Serious life events, such as the loss or the onset of a chronic condition may influence cognitive functioning. We examine whether the cognitive impact of such events is stronger if conditions very early in life were adverse, using Dutch lnogitudinal data of older persons. We exploit exogenous variation in early-life conditions as generated by the business. -- Cognitive functioning ; business cycle ; bereavement ; developmental origins ; retirement ; health ; long-run effects ; pension ; dementia

     
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    Series: Working paper / IFAU - Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation ; 2010,10
    Subjects: Intelligenz; Gesundheit; Lebensverlauf; Schock; Konjunktur; Niederlande
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  6. Why do low-educated workers invest less in further training?
    Author: Fouarge, Didier; Schils, Trudie; Grip, Andries de
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  Maastricht Research School of Economics of Technology and Organizations, Maastricht

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    Series: METEOR / Maastricht research school of Economics of Technology and Organizations ; 10/058
    Subjects: Bildungsertrag; Ungelernte Arbeitskräfte; Weiterbildung; Intelligenz; Niederlande
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  7. Ability transmission, endogenous fertility, and educational subsidy
    Author: Oguro, Kazumasa; Oshio, Takashi; Takahata, Junichiro
    Published: 2010-08
    Publisher:  Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo

    The original version of this paper was presented at the Investigative Meeting of RIETI Discussion Paper on April 5, 2010 more

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    The original version of this paper was presented at the Investigative Meeting of RIETI Discussion Paper on April 5, 2010

     
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    Series: PIE - CIS discussion paper ; 482
    Subjects: Intelligenz; Generationengerechtigkeit; Kinderbetreuung; Familienleistungsausgleich; Bildungspolitik; Wirtschaftswachstum; Verteilungsgerechtigkeit; Simulation
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  8. The economics of international differences in educational achievement
    Author: Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  Stanford Inst. for Economic Policy Research, Stanford, Calif.

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    Series: SIEPR discussion paper ; 09,13
    Subjects: Bildungsniveau; Intelligenz; Humankapital; Bildungsökonomik; Institutionenökonomik; Vergleich; Welt
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  9. Do older workers earn more than they deserve?
    Author: Romeu Gordo, Laura; Mertens, Antje
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  Deutsches Zentrum für Altersfragen, Berlin

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    Series: Diskussionspapiere / Deutsches Zentrum für Altersfragen ; 51
    Subjects: Ältere Arbeitskräfte; Betriebszugehörigkeit; Arbeitsproduktivität; Intelligenz; Schätzung; Deutschland
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  10. Die Befragung "Arbeiten und Lernen im Wandel"
    theoretischer Hintergrund und Konzeption
    Author: Kleinert, Corinna; Matthes, Britta; Jacob, Marita
    Published: 2008
    Publisher:  IAB, Nürnberg

    Angesichts der aktuellen Diskussionen um die Bedeutung kognitiver Grundkompetenzen wie Lesen und Rechnen bei Kindern und Jugendlichen überrascht es, wie wenig empirische Studien es gibt, die sich mit der Bedeutung solcher Kompetenzen für berufliche... more

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    Angesichts der aktuellen Diskussionen um die Bedeutung kognitiver Grundkompetenzen wie Lesen und Rechnen bei Kindern und Jugendlichen überrascht es, wie wenig empirische Studien es gibt, die sich mit der Bedeutung solcher Kompetenzen für berufliche Karrieren und Erwerbsverläufe Erwachsener befassen. An dieser Forschungslücke setzt die IAB-Studie ALWA an. Unser Ziel ist es, mit diesen neuen Daten Zusammenhänge von Bildungszertifikaten, kognitiven Grundkompetenzen und Erwerbsverläufen bei Erwachsenen in einer Längsschnittperspektive zu untersuchen. Das Projekt hat drei zentrale Forschungsfragen: erstens das Verhältnis von Grundkompetenzen und Zertifikaten bei verschiedenen Erwerbsgruppen, zweitens die Bedeutung von Kompetenzen im Vergleich zu formalen Bildungsabschlüssen für den Erwerbserfolg und deren je unterschiedlicher Einfluss im Erwerbsverlauf und drittens die Wechselwirkung zwischen Erwerbssituation, Bildungsbeteiligung und der Veränderung von Kompetenzen. Theoretisch setzt das Vorhaben an humankapital- und signaltheoretischen Überlegungen an und greift deren konzeptionelle und empirische Lücken auf. Methodisch schließt es an das Kompetenzkonzept der Schulleistungsforschung an, bei der unter Kompetenz Grundbildung, also in erster Linie schulisch vermittelte kognitive Fertigkeiten und Wissen, verstanden wird. In diesem Forschungszweig liegen breite Ergebnisse empirischer Forschung vor, so die internationalen Schulleistungsvergleiche PISA, TIMSS und IGLU, aber mit IALS und ALL auch zwei internationale Vergleichsstudien von Erwachsenen. Der vorliegende Forschungsstand zu Kompetenzen Erwachsener bezieht sich deswegen auch stark auf diese beiden Datenquellen. Deutschland hat sich nur an der IALS-Studie beteiligt; deren Daten sind jedoch bis heute unterausgewertet. Untersuchungen, die explizit Zusammenhänge zwischen Grundkompetenzen und Aspekten der Erwerbssituation untersuchen und eine konsequente Längsschnittperspektive einnehmen, fehlen bis heute auch international. ALWA greift diese Forschungslücken auf: Die inhaltlichen Schwerpunkte liegen einerseits auf der Erfassung kognitiver Grundkompetenzen mittels Lese- und Mathematiktests und andererseits auf der differenzierten Abbildung der Bildungs- und Erwerbsbiographien der Befragten. Die Untersuchung ist als Panelbefragung konzipiert, die umfangreiche Retrospektiverhebungen zu Bildungs- und Erwerbsverläufen sowie wiederholt durchgeführte Leistungstests enthält. Das Design kombiniert diese beiden Bestandteile in Form computergestützter Telefoninterviews (CATI) und persönlicher Interviews (PAPI). Zielgruppe der ersten Befragungswelle, die von September 2007 bis März 2008 durchgeführt wurde, ist die Wohnbevölkerung der Geburtsjahrgänge 1956 bis 1988 in Deutschland, also zum Zeitpunkt der Befragung 18- bis 51-jährige. Daraus wurden in der ersten Untersuchungswelle ca. 10.000 Personen auf Basis einer Einwohnermeldeamtsstichprobe befragt. Die Kompetenztests wurden bei 4.000 Befragten durchgeführt, die im Telefoninterview ihre Einwilligung zu einem persönlichen Interview gegeben hatten.

     
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    Series: IAB-Forschungsbericht ; 2008,5
    Subjects: Erwachsene; Erwerbsverlauf; Bildungsniveau; Intelligenz; Befragung; Panel; Deutschland
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  11. Achieving collective intelligence via large-scale on-line argumentation
    Author: Klein, Mark
    Published: 2007
    Publisher:  MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, Mass.

    While argumentation tools represent a promising avenue for exploiting the Internet's vast potential for enabling collective intelligence, they have to date been applied almost exclusively to small-scale, usually centrally facilitated, groups. This... more

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    While argumentation tools represent a promising avenue for exploiting the Internet's vast potential for enabling collective intelligence, they have to date been applied almost exclusively to small-scale, usually centrally facilitated, groups. This paper explores some of the issues and design options involved in supporting large-scale on-line argumentation

     
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    Series: Sloan working papers ; 4647-07
    Subjects: Arbeitsgruppe; Virtuelles Team; Gruppenentscheidung; Intelligenz; Management-Informationssystem
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  12. Handedness, health and cognitive development
    evidence from children in the NLSY
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  IZA, Bonn

    Using data from the US National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, and fitting family fixed-effects models of child health and cognitive development, we test if left-handed children do significantly worse than their right-handed counterparts. The health... more

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    Using data from the US National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, and fitting family fixed-effects models of child health and cognitive development, we test if left-handed children do significantly worse than their right-handed counterparts. The health measures cover both physical and mental health, and the cognitive development test scores span (1) Memory, (2) Vocabulary, (3) Mathematics, (4) Reading and (5) Comprehension. We find that while left-handed children have a significantly higher probability of suffering an injury needing medical attention, there is no difference in their experience of illness or poor mental health. We also find that left-handed children have significantly lower cognitive development test scores than right-handed children for all areas of development with the exception of reading. Moreover, the left-handedness disadvantage is larger for boys than girls, and remains roughly constant as children grow older for most outcomes. We also find that the probability of a child being left-handed is not related to the socioeconomic characteristics of the family, such as income or maternal education. All these results tend to support a difference in brain functioning or neurological explanation for handedness differentials rather than one based on left-handed children living in a right-handed world. -- Handedness ; children ; health ; cognitive development ; family fixed-effects

     
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    Series: Discussion paper series / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit ; 4774
    Subjects: Kinder; Intelligenz; Familiensoziologie; USA
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  13. No country for fat men?
    obesity, earnings, skills, and health among 450,000 Swedish men
    Author: Lundborg, Petter; Nystedt, Paul; Rooth, Dan-Olof
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  IZA, Bonn

    The negative association between obesity and labor market outcomes has been widely documented, yet little is known about the mechanisms through which the association arises. Using rich and unique data on 450,000 Swedish men enlisting for the... more

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    The negative association between obesity and labor market outcomes has been widely documented, yet little is known about the mechanisms through which the association arises. Using rich and unique data on 450,000 Swedish men enlisting for the military, we find that the crude obesity penalty in earnings, which amounts to about 18 percent, is linked to supply-side characteristics that are associated with both earnings and obesity. In particular, we show that the penalty reflects negative associations between obesity, on the one hand, and cognitive skills, non-cognitive skills, and physical fitness, on the other. Our results suggest that employers use obesity as a marker for skill limitations in order to statistically discriminate. -- Obesity ; overweight ; earnings ; cognitive ability ; non-cognitive ability ; health ; physical fitness

     
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    Series: Discussion paper series / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit ; 4775
    Subjects: Körpergewicht; Männer; Lohnstruktur; Qualifikation; Intelligenz; Schweden
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  14. The role of early-life conditions in the cognitive decline due to adverse events later in life
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  IZA, Bonn

    Cognitive functioning of elderly individuals may be affected by events such as the loss of a (grand)child or partner or the onset of a serious chronic condition, and by negative economic shocks such as job loss or the reduction of pension benefits.... more

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    Cognitive functioning of elderly individuals may be affected by events such as the loss of a (grand)child or partner or the onset of a serious chronic condition, and by negative economic shocks such as job loss or the reduction of pension benefits. It is conceivable that the impact of such events is stronger if conditions early in life were adverse. In this paper we address this using a Dutch longitudinal database that follows elderly individuals for more than 15 years and contains information on demographics, socio-economic conditions, life events, health, and cognitive functioning. We exploit exogenous variation in early-life conditions as generated by the business cycle. We also examine to what extent the cumulative effect of consecutive shocks later in life exceeds the sum of the separate effects, and whether economic and health shocks later in life reinforce each other in their effect on cognitive functioning. -- Cognitive functioning ; business cycle ; bereavement ; developmental origins ; retirement ; health ; long-run effects ; dementia

     
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    Series: Discussion paper series / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit ; 4780
    Subjects: Intelligenz; Gesundheit; Lebensverlauf; Schock; Konjunktur; Niederlande
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  15. Mutter-Kind-Interaktion im Säuglingsalter, Familienumgebung und Entwicklung früher kognitiver und nicht-kognitiver Fähigkeiten
    eine prospektive Studie
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  ZEW, Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung, Mannheim

    In der vorliegenden Studie wird anhand von Daten einer prospektiven Längsschnittstudie (Mannheimer Risikokinderstudie) untersucht, welchen Beitrag die Qualität der Mutter-Kind-Interaktion (MKI) im Säuglingsalter zur Vorhersage kognitiver (IQ) und... more

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    In der vorliegenden Studie wird anhand von Daten einer prospektiven Längsschnittstudie (Mannheimer Risikokinderstudie) untersucht, welchen Beitrag die Qualität der Mutter-Kind-Interaktion (MKI) im Säuglingsalter zur Vorhersage kognitiver (IQ) und nicht-kognitiver Fähigkeiten (Persistenz) bis zum Vorschulalter leistet. Dazu wird ein ökonometrisches Modell verwendet, das zusätzlich zu den durch Verhaltensbeobachtung gewonnenen MKI-Maßen die psychosoziale und organische Risikobelastung bei Geburt, die sozio-emotionale Familienumgebung und das Haushaltseinkommen enthält. Sowohl Merkmale der Mutter (Feinfühligkeit) als auch Merkmale des Kindes (Reaktivität) tragen bedeutsam zur Prognose des IQ und der Persistenz bei. Der Erklärungswert der Interaktionsvariablen wird durch die anderen Einflussfaktoren nur teilweise eingeschränkt. -- Frühe Mutter-Kind-Interaktion ; mütterliche Feinfühligkeit ; Reaktivität des Kindes ; Geburtsrisiken ; psychosoziale Risiken ; Intelligenzentwicklung ;Familienumgebung

     
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    Subjects: Kinder; Intelligenz; Mütter; Familiensoziologie; Sozialpsychologie; Schätzung; Deutschland
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  16. Investing in our young people
    Author: Cunha, Flávio; Heckman, James J.
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  IZA, Bonn

    This paper reviews the recent literature on the production of skills of young persons. The literature features the multiplicity of skills that explain success in a variety of life outcomes. Noncognitive skills play a fundamental role in successful... more

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    This paper reviews the recent literature on the production of skills of young persons. The literature features the multiplicity of skills that explain success in a variety of life outcomes. Noncognitive skills play a fundamental role in successful lives. The dynamics of skill formation reveal the interplay of cognitive and noncognitive skills, and the presence of critical and sensitive periods in the life-cycle. We discuss the optimal timing of investment over the life-cycle. -- Skill formation ; cognitive skills ; noncognitive skills ; technology of skill formation ; investment in children "This paper reviews the recent literature on the production of skills of young persons. The literature features the multiplicity of skills that explain success in a variety of life outcomes. Noncognitive skills play a fundamental role in successful lives. The dynamics of skill formation reveal the interplay of cognitive and noncognitive skills, and the presence of critical and sensitive periods in the life-cycle. We discuss the optimal timing of investment over the life-cycle"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site

     
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    Subjects: Bildungsinvestition; Jugendliche; Qualifikation; Intelligenz; Lebensverlauf; Zeit
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  17. The importance of cognitive and social skills for the duration of unemployment
    Author: Niepel, Verena
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  ZEW, Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung, Mannheim

    This paper studies how cognitive and social skills in childhood are related to the duration of unemployment in adolescence and early adulthood. I estimate a flexible proportional hazard rate model for the probability of making a transition from... more

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    This paper studies how cognitive and social skills in childhood are related to the duration of unemployment in adolescence and early adulthood. I estimate a flexible proportional hazard rate model for the probability of making a transition from unemployment to employment during an individual’s first unemployment spell. The analysis is based on British cohort data from the National Child Development Study. Results show that higher cognitive and social skills at the age of 7 are associated with an increased probability of finding employment, even when controlling for educational attainment. For men, these effects are mostly driven by individuals with low social skills. The results are robust to controlling for family background, parenting activities and school characteristics. -- Unemployment duration ; social skills ; noncognitive skills ; cognitive skills ; early skills

     
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    Series: Discussion paper / ZEW ; 10-104
    Subjects: Arbeitslosigkeit; Dauer; Intelligenz; Soziale Kompetenz; Schätzung; Großbritannien
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  18. Do non-cognitive skills help explain the occupational segregation of young people?
    Author: Antecol, Heather; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH, Bonn

    This paper investigates the role of non-cognitive skills in the occupational segregation of young workers entering the US labor market. We find entry into male-dominated fields of study and male-dominated occupations are both related to the extent to... more

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    This paper investigates the role of non-cognitive skills in the occupational segregation of young workers entering the US labor market. We find entry into male-dominated fields of study and male-dominated occupations are both related to the extent to which individuals believe they are intelligent and have "male" traits while entry into male-dominated occupations is also related to the willingness to work hard, impulsivity, and the tendency to avoid problems. The nature of these relationships differs for men and women, however. Noncognitive skills (intelligence and impulsivity) also influence movement into higher-paid occupations, but in ways that are similar for men and women. On balance, non-cognitive skills provide an important, though incomplete, explanation for segregation in the fields that young men and women study as well as in the occupations in which they are employed. -- non-cognitive skills ; occupation ; youth ; gender

     
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    Series: Discussion paper series / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit ; 5093
    Subjects: Intelligenz; Arbeitsmarktsegmentation; Junge Arbeitskräfte; Geschlecht; USA
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  19. Bias from the use of mean-based methods on test scores
    Author: Koerselman, Kristian
    Published: 2011
    Publisher:  SOFI, Stockholm

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    Series: Working paper / Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University ; 2011,1
    Subjects: Robustes Verfahren; Regressionsanalyse; Bildungsniveau; Intelligenz; Messung
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  20. The impact of child care subsidies on child well-being
    evidence from geographic variation in the distance to social service agencies
    Author: Herbst, Chris M.; Tekin, Erdal
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  IZA, Bonn

    In recent years, child care subsidies have become an integral part of federal and state efforts to move economically disadvantaged parents from welfare to work. Although previous empirical studies consistently show that these employment-related... more

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    In recent years, child care subsidies have become an integral part of federal and state efforts to move economically disadvantaged parents from welfare to work. Although previous empirical studies consistently show that these employment-related subsidies raise work levels among this group, little is known about the impact of subsidy receipt on child wellbeing. In this paper, we identify the causal effect of child care subsidies on child development by exploiting geographic variation in the distance that families must travel from home in order to reach the nearest social service agency that administers the subsidy application process. Using data from the Kindergarten cohort of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, our instrumental variables estimates suggest that children receiving subsidized care in the year before kindergarten score lower on tests of cognitive ability and reveal more behavior problems throughout kindergarten. However, these negative effects largely disappear by the time children reach the end of third grade. Our results point to an unintended consequence of a child care subsidy regime that conditions eligibility on parental employment and deemphasizes child care quality. -- child care ; subsidy ; development

     
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    Series: Discussion paper series / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit ; 5102
    Subjects: Kinderbetreuung; Subvention; Kinderbetreuungseinrichtung; Wirkungsanalyse; Kinder; Intelligenz; USA
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  21. The merits of ability in developing and developed countries
    Author: Suryadarma, Daniel
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  Centre for Economic Policy Research, Australian National Univ., Canberra

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    Series: Discussion paper / Centre for Economic Policy Research, Australian National University ; 645
    Subjects: Qualifikation; Lohnstruktur; Intelligenz; Vergleich; Indonesien; USA
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  22. Why do low-educated workers invest less in further training?
    Author: Fouarge, Didier; Schils, Trudie; Grip, Andries de
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    Series: Research memorandum / Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt, ROA-RM ; 2010,10
    Subjects: Bildungsertrag; Ungelernte Arbeitskräfte; Weiterbildung; Intelligenz; Niederlande
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  23. Endogenous selection of comparison groups, human capital formation, and tax policy
    Author: Stark, Oded; Hyll, Walter; Wang, Yong
    Published: 2011
    Publisher:  ZEF, Bonn

    This paper considers a setting in which the acquisition of human capital entails a change of location in social space that causes individuals to revise their comparison groups. Skill levels are viewed as occupational groups, and moving up the skill... more

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    This paper considers a setting in which the acquisition of human capital entails a change of location in social space that causes individuals to revise their comparison groups. Skill levels are viewed as occupational groups, and moving up the skill ladder by acquiring additional human capital, which in itself is rewarding, leads to a shift in the individualś inclination to compare himself with a different, and on average better-paid, comparison group, which in itself is penalizing. The paper sheds new light on the dynamics of human capital formation, and suggests novel policy interventions to encourage human capital formation in the aggregate and, at the same time, reduce inter-group income inequality. -- Human capital formation ; Skill levels as occupational groups ; Interpersonal comparisons ; Relative deprivation ; Tax policy ; Subsidization

     
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    Series: ZEF discussion papers on development policy ; 148
    Subjects: Humankapital; Bildungsniveau; Soziale Ungleichheit; Intelligenz; Bevölkerungsstruktur; Steuerpolitik; Steuerwirkung; Erhebungstechnik; Theorie
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  24. The causal effect of breastfeeding on children’s cognitive development
    a quasi-experimental design
    Author: Doyle, Orla; Denny, Kevin
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  UCD Centre for Economic Research, Dublin

    To estimate the causal effect of breastfeeding on children's cognitive skills as measured at ages 3, 5, 7 and 11. more

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    To estimate the causal effect of breastfeeding on children's cognitive skills as measured at ages 3, 5, 7 and 11.

     
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    Series: Working paper series / UCD Centre for Economic Research ; 2010/20
    Subjects: Kinder; Ernährungsverhalten; Intelligenz; Großbritannien
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  25. College major choice and ability
    why is general ability not enough?
    Author: Loga, Tjaša; Polanec, Sašo
    Published: 2011
    Publisher:  Katholieke Univ., Leuven

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    Series: LICOS discussion paper ; 274
    Subjects: Studienfach; Berufswahl; Intelligenz; Geschlecht; Slowenien; Ljubljana
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