Almås, Ingvild; Cappelen, Alexander W.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - Institutt for samfunnsøkonomi, Norges Handelshøyskole … - 2014
This paper studies the role of family background in explaining differences in the willingness to compete. By combining … on family background, we show that family background is fundamental in two important ways. First, boys from low …, performance, risk preferences, time preferences, social preferences, and psychological traits. Second, family background is …