Variation of learning intensity in late adolescence and the impact on noncognitive skills

Bettina Büttner, Hendrik Thiel and Stephan Thomsen

No 11-007, ZEW Discussion Papers from ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research

Abstract: Despite the interdependence between cognitive and noncognitive skills, empirical studies have shown a longer period of acquisition in life-time for the latter besides relevance for educational and labor market success. Analyzing returns of investments during different periods of life is therefore economically meaningful. We evaluate the effects of a substantial increase in the amount of curriculum per unit of time (learning intensity) at the end of higher secondary schooling on nine types of these skills. The results show no influence on the acquisition of noncognitive skills, indicating that personality does rather not depend on schooling investments in late adolescence.

Keywords: Noncognitive skills; human capital formation; learning intensity; natural experiment; Big Five; Locus of Control; Reciprocity; Self-Control (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C21 I21 I28 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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