Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-1-2015
Keywords
culture, civic capital, child qualities, non-cognitive skills, education, employment
Abstract
We use information on second-generation migrants to study the existence of a cultural component on the formation process of noncognitive skills and its effect on education and employment outcomes. Our measures of noncognitive skills include: personality traits that children are encouraged to learn and civic capital. Individuals whose cultural heritage places a lower value on child qualities positively associated to the conscientiousness personality factor report lower education, worse occupational status and lower wages on average. Individuals with a higher inherited civic capital declare a higher educational level, but we find no effect of civic capital on adult labor market outcomes.
Series Title
EDRE Working Paper
Series Number
2015-04
Citation
Mendez, I., & Zamarro, G. (2015). The Intergenerational Transmission of Noncognitive Skills and Their Effect on Education and Employment Outcomes. Education Reform Faculty and Graduate Students Publications. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/edrepub/45
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