Date: 2011
Type: Thesis
Abilities, attitudes, behaviors and their effects on economic outcomes
Florence : European University Institute, 2011, EUI, ECO, PhD Thesis
WEISS, Christoph, Abilities, attitudes, behaviors and their effects on economic outcomes, Florence : European University Institute, 2011, EUI, ECO, PhD Thesis - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/17178
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This thesis takes latent variables seriously. It consists of three chapters discussing the determinants of economic success for a British cohort. The evidence presented shows that abilities during childhood and adolescence are important predictors of adult educational, labor market and social outcomes. The problem is that abilities are unobserved. I hence rely on a novel item response theory method (Spady 2007) to measure these unobservables by using questions that are related to them. The assumption is that the latent variables cause the outcomes of interest but also the answers to questions that provide the basis for their measurement.
Table of Contents:
-- The effects of cognitive and noncognitive abilities on wages
-- Persistent attitudes and behaviors
-- The impact of cognitive and noncognitive abilities on educational attainment : different school systems
Additional information:
Defence date: 10 May 2011; Examining Board: Professor Richard Spady, Johns Hopkins University (External Supervisor); Professor Luigi Guiso, European University Institute; Professor Flavio Cunha, University of Pennsylvania; Professor Carmit Segal, Universitat Pompeu Fabra; PDF of thesis uploaded from the Library digital archive of EUI PhD theses
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/17178
Full-text via DOI: 10.2870/27472
Series/Number: EUI; ECO; PhD Thesis
Publisher: European University Institute
