Measures of cognitive, noncognitive, and technical skills are increasingly used in surveys in
developing countries, but have mostly been validated in high-income countries. We use a …

Evidence from developed country data suggests that cognitive and non-cognitive skills
contribute to improved labor market outcomes. This paper tests this hypothesis in a …

In the past different researchers have come to diverging cognitive ability estimates for
people in Africa and of African descent. The paper tries to check the validity of past results by …

Skills are widely considered as key elements that contribute to the sustainable development
of nations and the well‐being of individuals. Given the increasing interests in the …

Most attention in large-scale assessments on educational progress and outcomes
addresses cognitive measures of student proficiency. In part, this focus is due to the …

This paper proposes a suitable theoretical framework for operationalizing the capability
approach using the latent variable methodology. A structural equation model is specified to …

Predictive bias studies have generally suggested that cognitive ability test scores
overpredict job performance of African Americans, meaning these tests are not predictively …

Although the measurement of intelligence is important, researchers sometimes avoid using
them in their studies due to their history, cost, or burden on the researcher. To encourage the …

For all of its versatility and sophistication, the extant toolkit of cognitive ability measures lacks
a public-domain method for large-scale, remote data collection. While the lack of copyright …

Most research on the economic payoffs of skills has used individuals' level of schooling
attained--typically years or level of education or training received? as a key proxy for skills …