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Table 4 Wages 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

 

0.110**

  

0.104**

0.109**

0.103**

Conscientiousness

  

0.228**

 

0.234**

 

0.267***

Extraversion

  

0.013

 

0.015

 

0.014

Agreeableness

  

− 0.271***

 

− 0.265***

 

− 0.275***

Openness

  

0.003

 

− 0.004

 

− 0.009

Neuroticism

  

− 0.077**

 

− 0.073**

 

− 0.083**

Perseverance of effort

   

− 0.023

 

− 0.013

− 0.024

Consistency of interest

   

− 0.028

 

− 0.034

− 0.045

Observations

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2059

2059

2059

2059

2059

2059

R 2

0.371

0.379

0.384

0.373

0.391

0.381

0.394

  1. p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001 Control variables: age, age squared, gender, years of education, 1-digit ISCO. ISCO = 0 excluded, top and bottom 1% of wage distribution excluded. Logarithm of wages. Dependent variable, numeracy and non-cognitive skills are standardised. Full estimation results are presented in Additional file 3: Table S4