The effects of cognitive and noncognitive abilities on labor market outcomes and social behavior
The effects of cognitive and noncognitive abilities on labor market outcomes and social behavior
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DOI：
10.1086/504455
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发表时间：
2006-07-01
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Urzua, Sergio
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作者：
Heckman, James J.;Stixrud, Jora;Urzua, Sergio
本文建立了认知和非认知技能的低维向量解释了各种劳动力市场和行为结果。我们的分析解决了困扰传统研究的测量误差、不完善的代理和反向因果关系等问题。非认知技能强烈地影响着上学的决定，也影响着工资，考虑到上学的决定。学校教育、就业、工作经验和职业选择受到潜在的非认知技能和认知技能的影响。我们表明，同样的低维能力向量可以解释学校选择、工资、就业、工作经验和职业选择，也可以解释各种各样的风险行为。
This article establishes that a low-dimensional vector of cognitive and noncognitive skills explains a variety of labor market and behavioral outcomes. Our analysis addresses the problems of measurement error, imperfect proxies, and reverse causality that plague conventional studies. Noncognitive skills strongly influence schooling decisions and also affect wages, given schooling decisions. Schooling, employment, work experience, and choice of occupation are affected by latent noncognitive and cognitive skills. We show that the same low-dimensional vector of abilities that explains schooling choices, wages, employment, work experience, and choice of occupation explains a wide variety of risky behaviors.