Effect of cognitive abilities and non-cognitive abilities on labor wages: empirical evidence from the Chinese Employer-Employee Survey |
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| Authors: | Fan Yu Chu Wang Jun Shen Yuxuan Shi |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Institute of Quality Development Strategy, Wuhan, P.R. China;2. Macro-quality Management Collaborative Innovation Center in Hubei Province, Wuhan, P.R. China;3. China Enterprise Survey and Data Center, Wuhan, P.R. China |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACTThe existing literature suggests that worker’s cognitive and non-cognitive abilities have a significant impact on wages. However, presently there is little research in this area of ??China’s labor force, due to scanty data. To this end, this Paper conducted a CEES-based data research, which found that, the cognitive and non-cognitive abilities of male, skilled workers have a greater impact on their wages, as compared with those of the female, unskilled workers. The OLS regression based on the Mincer Wage Equation found that, the impact of non-cognitive abilities on wages is generally larger than that of the cognitive abilities. All cognitive abilities have a positive impact on wages, wherein English proficiency has the greatest elasticity of wages, which is 12.1%. Of all non-cognitive abilities, Conscientiousness has the highest wage elasticity, which is 13.6%, whereas Agreeableness has a negative wage elasticity of ?6.32%.Abbreviations: CEES: Chinese Employer-Employee Survey OLS: Ordinary least squares |
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| Keywords: | CEES cognitive abilities non-cognitive abilities labor wages |
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