The Effect of Soft Skills on Academic Outcomes

IF 1.1 4区 经济学 Q3 ECONOMICS
Shao-Hsun Keng
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Abstract This paper uses administrative data and a soft skill index integrating seven personality traits to examine the relationship between soft skills and academic outcomes. I exploit the timing of soft skill assessment and study the interaction between soft and cognitive skills in education production. The results show that soft skills are positively associated with academic outcomes. Soft and cognitive skills are both substitutes and complements in education production. The complementarity between both skills is asymmetric. Soft skills and returns to cognitive skills exhibit a U-shaped relationship, while returns to soft skills fail to show such a relationship with cognitive skills. Time-use data suggest that soft skills may have a causal effect on academic achievements, and increased study time is a mechanism through which soft skills affect these outcomes. Soft skills can reduce inequality in academic outcomes due to differences in cognitive ability. Investment in non-cognitive skills can be quite rewarding.
软技能对学业成绩的影响
摘要本文利用行政数据和综合7个人格特征的软技能指标,考察了软技能与学业成绩的关系。利用软技能评价的时机,研究软技能与认知技能在教育生产中的相互作用。结果表明,软技能与学业成绩呈正相关。软技能和认知技能在教育生产中既是相互替代的,又是相辅相成的。两种技能之间的互补性是不对称的。软技能与认知技能回报呈u型关系,而软技能回报与认知技能没有这种关系。时间使用数据表明,软技能可能对学业成绩有因果关系,而学习时间的增加是软技能影响这些结果的一种机制。软技能可以减少由于认知能力差异而导致的学业成绩不平等。在非认知技能上的投资是非常有益的。
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期刊介绍: The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy welcomes submissions that employ microeconomics to analyze issues in business, consumer behavior, and public policy. We aim to be an international forum for scholarship, whether the scholarship considers an issue that is general or that pertains to a particular country or region, but authors should bear in mind that our readers come from around the world. Potential issues of interest include: the interaction of firms, the functioning of markets, the effects of domestic and international policy, and the design of organizations and institutions.
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