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Three Essays on Noncognitive Skills and Youth Education and Labor Outcomes

Richards, Jonathan Brent
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1376064621

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2013, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Agricultural, Environmental and Developmental Economics.
Results of research from the developed world suggests that noncognitive skills such as self-esteem or locus of control significantly affect key socioeconomic outcomes. More work is needed on whether studies of noncognitive skills in developing countries should use different measures of noncognitive skill, whether noncognitive skills have a different relationship with outcomes in developing countries, and whether programs can affect the formation of noncognitive skills. First, I briefly survey the measures which the developed and developing country strands of the literature use. I also draw on studies from psychology to argue that studies of noncognitive skill in developing countries do not require multidimensional measures of noncognitive skill, but that measures may need contextualization. Second, I look at whether a measure of noncognitive skill affects several youth labor force participation outcomes in India. Analyzing data from India using instrumental variables models with fixed effects (FE), I find evidence that noncognitive skills affect two of these outcomes. Finally, I look at whether participating in Head Start impacts child noncognitive skills. Using Children of the National Longitudinal Study of Youth (CNLSY) data and FE models, I find evidence of a negative impact.
Joyce Chen (Advisor)
Bruce Weinberg (Committee Member)
David Kraybill (Committee Member)
128 p.
Economics
Noncognitive skills, youth, education, labor force participation, Head Start, self-esteem, self-efficacy, Total Difficulties Score, TDS, Young Lives, India

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  • Richards, J. B. (2013). Three Essays on Noncognitive Skills and Youth Education and Labor Outcomes [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1376064621

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Richards, Jonathan. Three Essays on Noncognitive Skills and Youth Education and Labor Outcomes. 2013. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1376064621.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Richards, Jonathan. "Three Essays on Noncognitive Skills and Youth Education and Labor Outcomes." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1376064621

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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