Noncognitive Skills at the Time of COVID-19: An Experiment with Professional Traders and Students

Marco Angrisani, Marco Cipriani, Antonio Guarino, Ryan Kendall and Julen Ortiz de Zarate Pina

No 17968, CEPR Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Policy Research

Abstract: We study the stability of non-cognitive skills by comparing experimental data gathered before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a sample of professional traders, we find a significant decrease in Agreeableness and Locus of Control and a moderate decrease in Grit. These patterns are primarily driven by those with more negative experiences of the pandemic. Other skills, such as Trust, Conscientiousness, and Self-Monitoring, are unchanged. We contrast these results with those from a sample of undergraduate students whose non-cognitive skills remain constant (except Conscientiousness). Our findings provide evidence against the stability of some non-cognitive skills, particularly among professional traders.

Keywords: Experiments; Noncognitive skills; professional traders (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C93 G41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-03
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