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Showing posts with label non-cognitive ability. Show all posts
Showing posts with label non-cognitive ability. Show all posts
Sunday, November 08, 2009

Improving non-cognitive skills

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This addition to the literature on non-cognitive skills examines how a remedial education can actually enhance those skills. Targeting Non-...
Monday, October 12, 2009

The Ph.D. Completion Project

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Thanks to Michael Egan for flagging this upcoming conference for me: THE EVOLVING LANDSCAPE OF IRISH GRADUATE EDUCATION (IUA Fourth Level N...
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Saturday, June 13, 2009

Smile Like You Mean It

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Thanks to Eoin McL for giving me a new insight into what we consider to be non-cognitive ability (or non-cognitive skill) . I've discuss...
Thursday, May 07, 2009

The Labor Market Returns to Cognitive and Noncognitive Ability: Evidence from the Swedish Enlistment

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Lindqvist, Erik (Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN)) Westman, Roine (New York University) IFN Working Paper No. 794, 2009 We u...
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Prof. James Heckman Ulysses Lecture

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In advance of Prof. James Heckman's keynote lecture at the IEA on the 26th April , it's worth noting that the following MP4 podcast ...
Wednesday, March 18, 2009

"Bart, Don't Make Fun of Grad. Students, They Just Made a Terrible Life Choice"

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Thanks to the Organizations and Markets Blog for pointing out this clip from the Simpsons where Bart explains graduate school. I can think ...
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Using Measures of Non-Cognitive Ability in Economics

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Cognitive ability (as measured by test scores) only determines part of a person's success in the labour market. This came into sharp foc...