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References for Does education strengthen the life skills of adolescents?
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Further reading
- Almlund, M., Lee Duckworth, A., Heckman, J. J., Kautz, T. "Personality psychology and economics" In: Eric, S. M., Hanushek, A., Woessmann, L. (eds). Handbook of the Economics of Education. Amsterdam: North-Holland, 2011.
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Key references
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West, M. R., Kraft, M. A., Finn, A. S., Martin, R. E., Duckworth, A. L., Gabrieli, C. F. O., Gabrieli, J. D. E. "Promise and
paradox: Measuring students’ non-cognitive skills and the impact
of schooling" Educational
Evaluation and Policy Analysis 38:1 (2016): 148–170. Key reference: [1]
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Kautz, T., Heckman, J. J., Diris, R., ter
Weel, B., Borghans, L. Fostering and
Measuring Skills—Improving Cognitive and Non-cognitive Skills to
Promote Lifetime Success OECD Education
Working Papers No.No. 110, 2015. Key reference: [2]
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Heckman, J. J., Stixrud, J., Urzua, S. "The effects of
cognitive and noncognitive abilities on labor market outcomes
and social behavior" Journal of Labor
Economics 24:3 (2006): 411–482. Key reference: [3]
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Schurer, S., Kassenboehmer, S., Leung, F. Do Universities
Shape their Students’ Personality? IZA Discussion
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Thiel, H., Thomsen, S. L., Büttner, B. "Variation of
learning intensity in late adolescence and the effect on
personality traits" Journal of the
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Dahmann, S., Anger, S. The Impact of
Education on Personality - Evidence from a German High School
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Dee, T. S., West, M. "The non-cognitive
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Jackson, C. K. Non-cognitive
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Dobbie, W., Fryer, R. G. "The medium-term
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Holmlund, H., Silva, O. "Targeting
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Cobb-Clark, D., Schurer, S. "Two economists’
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Cobb-Clark, D., Schurer, S. "The stability of
the Big-Five personality traits" Economics
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West, M. R., Kraft, M. A., Finn, A. S., Martin, R. E., Duckworth, A. L., Gabrieli, C. F. O., Gabrieli, J. D. E. "Promise and
paradox: Measuring students’ non-cognitive skills and the impact
of schooling" Educational
Evaluation and Policy Analysis 38:1 (2016): 148–170.
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Additional References
- Carneiro, P., Heckman, J. J. "Human capital policy" In: Heckman, J. J., Krueger, A. B. (eds). Inequality in America: What Role for Human Capital Policies?. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2003.
- Chetty, R., Friedman, J. N., Hilger, N., Saez, E., Schanzenbach, D. W., Yagan, D. "How does your kindergarten classroom affect your earnings? Evidence from Project Star" Quarterly Journal of Economics 126:4 (2011): 1593–1660.
- Heckman, J. J., Pinto, R., Savelyev, P. "Understanding the mechanisms through which an influential early childhood program boosted adult outcomes" American Economic Review 103:6 (2013): 2052–2086.
- Martins, P. S. Can Targeted, Non-cognitive Skills Programs Improve Achievement? Evidence from EPIS IZA Discussion Paper No.No. 5266, 2010.
- Rodríguez-Planas, N. "Longer-term impacts of mentoring, educational services, and learning incentives: Evidence from a randomized trial in the US" American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 4:4 (2012): 129–139.