Urban college graduates: their investments in and returns for strong quantitative skills, social capital skills, and soft skills
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-csu12747067592021-08-03T05:35:01Z Urban college graduates: their investments in and returns for strong quantitative skills, social capital skills, and soft skills Haynes, Marie Ellen Labor Economics urban college graduates strong quantitative skills social capital skills soft skills returns investments This case study examined strong quantitative skills, social capital skills, and soft skills ofurban college graduates using data from the Multi-City Study of Urban InequalityHousehold Survey. The urban college graduates lived in Atlanta, Boston, or Los Angelesand had bachelor’s, master’s, PhD, and professional degrees. Among the three skills onlystrong quantitative skills was found to be associated with positive and significant returns.Those returns did not emerge because strong quantitative skills were used as a proxy forthe ability to perform jobs that require frequent use of mathematics and frequent use ofcomputers. Instead, strong quantitative skills seemed to signal that urban collegegraduates have the ability to handle complexity. Contrary to previous findings, neitherrace—black or white—nor gender significantly affected returns for social capital skills.Similarly, returns for soft skills did not differ significantly by race, gender, or age. Onlyurban college graduates with PhD or professional degrees got a significant return for theirsocial capital skills. This finding supports the view that social capital skills are demandedfrom professionals. No evidence was found to support the hypothesis that differences insocial capital skills and soft skills significantly contribute to variations in earnings amongurban college graduates. Findings from this study and other studies imply thatuniversities should concentrate on developing the strong quantitative skills of collegeviistudents. Findings from other studies imply that employers demand that non-collegegraduates have soft skills and social capital skills that facilitate momentary andunproblematic encounters with customers, co-workers, and supervisors. In contrast,findings from this study and other studies imply that employers demand that collegegraduates use their soft skills in tandem with their social capital skills to establish andmaintain firm, long-term, and cross-functional relationships that may facilitate access toresources such as revenues, sponsors, advocates, and constituents. 2010-06-08 English text Cleveland State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1274706759 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1274706759 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws. |
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