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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 861-892 |
| Number of pages | 32 |
| Journal | Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society |
| Volume | 177 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - 3 Sept 2014 |
Abstract
Empirical studies have shown plasticity of personality traits until early adulthood. The extent to which schooling is a crucial determinant in this context has not yet been analysed coherently. Although they have left the curriculum largely unchanged, most German states have abolished the final year of higher secondary schooling to enable earlier graduation. We use this exogenous shift in policy in one German federal state to evaluate the effects of an increase in the amount of curriculum per unit of time on different personality traits. The results indicate that the development of personality does not depend on schooling characteristics at that particular age.
Keywords
- Human capital formation, Learning intensity, Natural experiment, Non-parametric item response model, Personality traits
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Mathematics(all)
- Statistics and Probability
- Social Sciences(all)
- Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance(all)
- Economics and Econometrics
- Decision Sciences(all)
- Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
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In: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society, Vol. 177, No. 4, 03.09.2014, p. 861-892.
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