What do employers pay for employees’ complex problem solving skills?
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in: International Journal of Lifelong Education, Jahrgang 34, Nr. 4, 04.07.2015, S. 430-447.
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T1 - What do employers pay for employees’ complex problem solving skills?
AU - Ederer, Peer
AU - Nedelkoska, Ljubica
AU - Patt, Alexander
AU - Castellazzi, Silvia
PY - 2015/7/4
Y1 - 2015/7/4
N2 - We estimate the market value that employers assign to the complex problem solving (CPS) skills of their employees, using individual-level Mincer-style wage regressions. For the purpose of the study, we collected new and unique data using psychometric measures of CPS and an extensive background questionnaire on employees’ personal and work history. The data were collected in 16 firms (23 establishments) in Germany, Spain, South Africa, Denmark, Slovakia, Switzerland, and France in the period 2012–2014. We find significant economic returns to CPS in our sample. One standard deviation higher CPS is associated with 10–20% higher hourly wages. The returns to CPS are sizeable even after controlling for fluid intelligence, suggesting that CPS probably captures skills important for modern production that are beyond what general intelligence tests can measure.
AB - We estimate the market value that employers assign to the complex problem solving (CPS) skills of their employees, using individual-level Mincer-style wage regressions. For the purpose of the study, we collected new and unique data using psychometric measures of CPS and an extensive background questionnaire on employees’ personal and work history. The data were collected in 16 firms (23 establishments) in Germany, Spain, South Africa, Denmark, Slovakia, Switzerland, and France in the period 2012–2014. We find significant economic returns to CPS in our sample. One standard deviation higher CPS is associated with 10–20% higher hourly wages. The returns to CPS are sizeable even after controlling for fluid intelligence, suggesting that CPS probably captures skills important for modern production that are beyond what general intelligence tests can measure.
KW - complex problem solving skills
KW - returns to skills
KW - wages
KW - Educational science
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84942809483&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/02601370.2015.1060026
DO - 10.1080/02601370.2015.1060026
M3 - Journal articles
AN - SCOPUS:84942809483
VL - 34
SP - 430
EP - 447
JO - International Journal of Lifelong Education
JF - International Journal of Lifelong Education
SN - 0260-1370
IS - 4
ER -