Can changing labor market returns help explain observed trends in cognitive skills in developed countries? Our new @nberpubs WP, with @santiagohermo@SeimSeim and Jesse Shapiro, argues they can. #EconTwitter@SU_Economics@Brown_Economics nber.org/papers/w29135
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An influential literature in cognitive science has documented substantial gains cognitive skills across birth cohorts in developed countries, known as the "Flynn effect". 1/10