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21-088/I - Using Genes to Explore the Effects of Cognitive and Non-cognitive Skills on Education and Labor Market Outcomes


  • Authors
    Thomas Buser, University of Amsterdam, Tinbergen Institute; Rafael Ahlskog, Department of Government, Uppsala University; Magnus Johannesson, Stockholm School of Economics; Philipp Koellinger, La Follette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin Madison; Sven Oskarsson, Department of Government, Uppsala University
  • Publication date
    October 7, 2021
  • Keywords
    personality traits, economic preferences, cognitive skills, labor markets, education, polygenic indices
  • JEL
    I26, J24, D91