Anyone know what font is used in that article? It's beautiful.<p>> Further, we measure the quality of the individuals who apply for the job through a battery of personnel selection tests that capture cognitive ability, non-cognitive ability and relevant work experience. These tests are reliable predictors of work performance and are used by firms worldwide (Heckman et al., 2006; Autor and Scarborough, 2008; Hoffman et al., 2015).2<p>> We use the Raven and Stroop tests for cognitive ability (Schmidt and Hunter, 1998). For non-cognitive skills we administer the Big-5 personality test and the Grit scale (John and Srivastava, 1999; Duckworth et al., 2007).<p>Does evidence really exists that these tests are predictive?
I'm not sure I follow; the authors claim that paying job applicants for applying attracts better talent? And they further claim that Ethiopians cannot afford the cost of generating an application?<p>Somehow I doubt that these results would translate to white collar jobs in the first world.