Motivation, test scores and economic success
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Keywords
Test Scores; Motivation; Cognitive Skills; Non-Cognitive Skills; Earnings;JEL classification:
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ALL-2008-11-04 (All new papers)
- NEP-CBE-2008-11-04 (Cognitive & Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-LAB-2008-11-04 (Labour Economics)
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