The Effect of Compulsory Education on non-Cognitive Skills: Evidence from Low- and Middle-Income Countries
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Keywords
Non‐cognitive skills; Education; Wage returns; Personality; Economic preferences;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
- I26 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Returns to Education
- D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
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