… is done most efficiently by acquiring skills. Importantly, reward-directed skills consist of two
… of skill – speed – and argue that, owing to its speed, skill is crucial for success and survival. …

… skill has not attracted the interest of archeologists. It could be that skill escaped archeological
attention because we think skill … be that archeologists lack the wherewithal to deal with skill. …

Each of us is endowed with a unique set of skills that we use in all aspects of our everyday
life. Nevertheless, when describing the determinants of socio-economic outcomes-or even the …

In recent decades, firms have been frequently complaining about the lack of soft skills among
graduating students. This paper makes an attempt to understand different perspectives on …

… Soft skills are very critical in the workplace today. These skills mirror the ability to communicate
and … This paper deals with the significance of soft skills for getting a job and for further …

… skill and provide a conceptual analysis which tries to distinguish it from other related ideas.
We provide an overview of how skill … We examine how to usefully define skill, discuss the part …

… in Skills. The following are appended: (1… Skills Matter: Further Results from the Survey of
Adult Skills, Tables of results; and (2) Skills Matter: Further Results from the Survey of Adult Skills…

… the CEO skill premium in pay and evaluate which skills carry a … CEO skills, but have not
derived direct estimates of the skill premium in pay.Second, we quantify the returns to CEO skills …

… current sociological conceptions of skill, contrasting four distinct approaches to skill: positivist,
… different notions of skill or are blind to their own preconceptions regarding skill. The article …

A very important, yet unsettled, question is whether mandatory voting affects political
participation. This paper exploits a natural experiment to assess the causal impact of compulsory …