The Rising Return to Noncognitive Skill
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چکیده
This paper uses administrative data from Sweden to document trends in the labor market returns skills. Between 1992 and 2013, economic return noncognitive skill—a psychologist-assessed measure of teamwork leadership skill—roughly doubled. The cognitive skill was relatively stable decreased modestly during 2000s, however. Among men with similar levels education, is higher than skill. increasing driven by changes at top wage distribution sorting into higher-paying occupations. (JEL I26, J24, J31)
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['1945-7782', '1945-7790']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1257/app.20190199