Fostering and measuring skills: Improving cognitive and non-cognitive skills to promote lifetime success

This paper reviews the recent literature on measuring and boosting cognitive and
noncognitive skills. The literature establishes that achievement tests do not adequately …

The economics of human development and social mobility

JJ Heckman, S Mosso - Annu. Rev. Econ., 2014 - annualreviews.org
This article distills and extends recent research on the economics of human development
and social mobility. It summarizes the evidence from diverse literatures on the importance of …

Hard evidence on soft skills

JJ Heckman, T Kautz - Labour economics, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper summarizes recent evidence on what achievement tests measure; how
achievement tests relate to other measures of “cognitive ability” like IQ and grades; the …

Fostering and measuring skills: Interventions that improve character and cognition

JJ Heckman, T Kautz - 2013 - nber.org
This paper reviews the recent literature on measuring and boosting cognitive and
noncognitive skills. The literature establishes that achievement tests do not adequately …

[HTML][HTML] La educación superior en Colombia: situación actual y análisis de eficiencia

LA Melo-Becerra, JE Ramos-Forero… - Desarrollo y …, 2017 - scielo.org.co
El objetivo de este artículo es examinar el estado de la educación superior en Colombia y
estimar los niveles de eficiencia de diferentes programas académicos de las instituciones …

[BUKU][B] Desconectados: habilidades, educación y empleo en América Latina

M Busso, M Bassi, S Urzúa, J Vargas - 2012 - books.google.com
Mediante el análisis de información de primera mano recolectada a través de dos grandes
encuestas una sobre trayectorias y habilidades conducida en Chile y Argentina en 2008 y …

Some contributions of economics to the study of personality

JJ Heckman, T Jagelka, TD Kautz - 2019 - nber.org
This paper synthesizes recent research in economics and psychology on the measurement
and empirical importance of personality skills and preferences. They predict and cause …

The developmental origins of health

JJ Heckman - Health economics, 2012 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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Personality traits, preferences and educational choices: A focus on STEM

J Coenen, L Borghans, R Diris - Journal of Economic Psychology, 2021 - Elsevier
Around the developed world, the need for graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering
and Mathematics (STEM) fields is growing. Research on educational and occupational …

Fostering social and emotional skills for well‐being and social progress

K Miyamoto, MC Huerta… - European Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Children need a balanced set of cognitive, social and emotional capabilities to adapt to
today's demanding, changing and unpredictable world. OECD countries and partner …