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Table 2 Labour force participation and cognitive and non-cognitive skills

From: Personality, cognitive skills and life outcomes: evidence from the Polish follow-up study to PIAAC

 

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Numeracy

 

0.045

  

0.045

0.046

0.045

Conscientiousness

  

0.153**

 

0.157***

 

0.153**

Extraversion

  

− 0.014

 

− 0.011

 

− 0.011

Agreeableness

  

− 0.112*

 

− 0.114*

 

− 0.113*

Openness

  

0.035

 

0.032

 

0.033

Neuroticism

  

− 0.098***

 

− 0.097***

 

− 0.094***

Perseverance of effort

   

0.012

 

0.017

− 0.004

Consistency of interest

   

0.037

 

0.033

0.014

Observations

4454

4454

4454

4454

4454

4454

4454

R 2

0.285

0.287

0.298

0.287

0.300

0.289

0.300

  1. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001. Control variables: age, age square, gender, years of education. Dependent variable, numeracy and non-cognitive skills are standardised. Full estimation results are presented in Additional file 3: Table S2