Education, Cognitive Skill, and Labor Force Outcomes

By A. C. Kerckhoff, Stephen Raudenbush, E. Glennie. 2001

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science

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In Economics and Econometrics

1. P. Bahr
2. H. G. van de Werfhorst
3. Christy L. Lleras
4. Thijs Bol

In General Health Professions

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2. G. Marks
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Citations in the corpus

• Do skills and behaviors in high school matter? The contribution of noncognitive factors in explaining differences in educational attainment and earnings (2008, background): “In a related study, Kerckhoff et al. (2001) found that educational attainment and cognitive skill together completely accounted for the effects of parents’ education on occupational status and earnings.”
• Does Mathematics Remediation Work?: A Comparative Analysis of Academic Attainment among Community College Students (2008, background): “Given that educational attainment is a principal determinant of socioeconomic outcomes (Kerckhoff et al. 2001), remediation opens the door to economic progress by ameliorating deficiencies that obstruct success in acquiring (or, in some cases, even access to) postsecondary credentials (Brothen and W”
• Are between- and within-school differences in student performance largely due to socio-economic background? Evidence from 30 countries (2006, background): “…educational outcomes and more moderate direct effects on the labour market outcomes of young people (Jencks et al., 1979, pp. 101 – 110; Sewell et al., 1980; Teachman, 1987; OECD & Statistics Canada, 1997, pp. 46 – 54; Kerckhoff et al., 2001; McIntosh & Vignoles, 2001; Warren et al., 2002).”
• Skill and education effects on earnings in 18 Countries: The role of national educational institutions (2011, background): “…summarized these in one variable (z-standardized across countries) indicating productivity-enhancing human capital.2 It can be seen as a general measure of cognitive skills relevant for a broad range of life outcomes, including work (e.g. Kerckhoff et al., 2001; Kirsch, 2003; Leuven et al., 2004).”