Hard evidence on soft skills
James J. Heckman,Tim Kautz +1 more
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The larger message of this paper is that soft skills predict success in life, that they causally produce that success, and that programs that enhance soft skills have an important place in an effective portfolio of public policies.About:
This article is published in Labour Economics.The article was published on 2012-08-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1197 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Soft skills & Skills management.read more
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Understanding the Mechanisms through Which an Influential Early Childhood Program Boosted Adult Outcomes
TL;DR: The authors used longitudinal data on cognitive and personality traits from an experimental evaluation of the influential Perry Preschool program to analyze the channels through which the program boosted both male and female participant outcomes.
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The Gender Wage Gap: Extent, Trends, and Explanations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) microdata over the 1980-2010 period to provide new empirical evidence on the extent of and trends in the gender wage gap, which declined considerably during this time.
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The Gender Wage Gap: Extent, Trends, and Explanations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide new empirical evidence on the extent of and trends in the gender wage gap, using PSID microdata over the 1980-2010, which shows that women's work force interruptions and shorter hours remain significant in high skilled occupations, possibly due to compensating differentials.
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The Growing Importance of Social Skills in the Labor Market
TL;DR: This paper developed a model of team production where workers "trade tasks" to exploit their comparative advantage, and found that social skills reduce coordination costs, allowing workers to specialize and work together more efficiently.
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Early Social-Emotional Functioning and Public Health: The Relationship Between Kindergarten Social Competence and Future Wellness
TL;DR: A kindergarten measure of social-emotional skills may be useful for assessing whether children are at risk for deficits in noncognitive skills later in life and, thus, help identify those in need of early intervention, and demonstrate the relevance of nonc cognitive skills in development for personal and public health outcomes.
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