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325 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4680
Policies to Create and Destroy Human Capital in Europe
James J. Heckman, Bas Jacobs
published in: Hans-Werner Sinn and Edmund Phelps (eds.), Perspectives on the Performance of the Continental Economies, MIT Press, 2011, 253-322
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4576
Schooling, Cognitive Skills, and the Latin American Growth Puzzle
Eric A. Hanushek, Ludger Woessmann
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2012, 99 (2), 497-512
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4575
Do Better Schools Lead to More Growth? Cognitive Skills, Economic Outcomes, and Causation
Eric A. Hanushek, Ludger Woessmann
published in: Journal of Economic Growth, 2012, 17 (4), 267-321
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4476
Targeting Non-Cognitive Skills to Improve Cognitive Outcomes: Evidence from a Remedial Education Intervention
Helena Holmlund, Olmo Silva
published in: Journal of Human Capital, 2014, 8 (2), 126-160
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4266
The Height Premium in Earnings: The Role of Physical Capacity and Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills
Petter Lundborg, Paul Nystedt, Dan-Olof Rooth
published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2014, 49(1), 141-166.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4244
The Duration of Paid Parental Leave and Children's Scholastic Performance
Qian Liu, Oskar Nordström Skans
Published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy: Contributions to Economic Analysis and Policy, 2010, 10 (1), Article 3
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4222
How Do Shocks to Non-Cognitive Skills Affect Test Scores?
Stefanie Behncke
published in: Annals of Economics and Statistics, 2012, 107/108, 155 - 173
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4001
The Economics and Psychology of Inequality and Human Development
Flavio Cunha, James J. Heckman
published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2009, 7(2-3), 320 - 364
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3906
Multidimensional Human Capital, Wages and Endogenous Employment Status in Ghana
Niels-Hugo Blunch
published in: Ravi Kanbur and Jan Svejnar (eds.), Labor Markets and Economic Development, London and New York: Routledge, 2009
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3648
If You Are So Smart, Why Aren't You an Entrepreneur? Returns to Cognitive and Social Ability: Entrepreneurs versus Employees
Joop Hartog, Mirjam C. van Praag, Justin van der Sluis
published in: Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 2010, 19 (4), 947-989
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3515
Schools, Skills, and Synapses
James J. Heckman
published in: Economic Inquiry, 2008, 46 (3), 289-324
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3481
Cognitive Abilities and Behavioral Biases
Jörg Oechssler, Andreas Roider, Patrick W. Schmitz
revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2009, 72 (1), 147-152
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3481
Cognitive Abilities and Behavioral Biases
Jörg Oechssler, Andreas Roider, Patrick W. Schmitz
revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2009, 72 (1), 147-152
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3416
Ideology
Roland Benabou
published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2008, 6 (2-3), 321-352
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3188
Non-Cognitive Child Outcomes and Universal High Quality Child Care
Nabanita Datta Gupta, Marianne Simonsen
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2010, 94 (1-2), 30-43
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2956
Job-Worker Mismatch and Cognitive Decline
Andries de Grip, Hans Bosma, Dick Willems, Martin van Boxtel
published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2008, 60 (2), 237-253
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2735
Are Risk Aversion and Impatience Related to Cognitive Ability?
Thomas Dohmen, Armin Falk, David B. Huffman, Uwe Sunde
revised version published in: American Economic Review, 2010, 100 (3), 1238–1260
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2725
The Productivity Argument for Investing in Young Children
James J. Heckman, Dimitriy V. Masterov
published in: Review of Agricultural Economics, 2007, 29 (3), 446-493
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2725
The Productivity Argument for Investing in Young Children
James J. Heckman, Dimitriy V. Masterov
published in: Review of Agricultural Economics, 2007, 29 (3), 446-493
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2429
The Role of Noncognitive Skills in Explaining Cognitive Test Scores
Lex Borghans, Huub Meijers, Bas ter Weel
published in: Economic Inquiry, 2008, 46 (1), 2-12
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