The Importance of Socio-Emotional Skills for Multiple Life Outcomes and the Role of Education
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socio-emotional skills; personality traits; education; interventions; life outcomes;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
- I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
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