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establishes that achievement tests do not adequately capture character skills: personality traits, goals, motivations, and … preferences that are valued in the labor market, in school, and in many other domains. Their predictive power rivals that of …
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This paper discusses and illustrates identification problems in personality psychology. The measures used by … explained by personality variables. …
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- personality traits, goals, motivations, and preferences that are valued in the labor market, in school, and in many other domains …
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preferences, constraints, and information. Evidence is reviewed about the situational specificity of personality traits and … preferences. An extreme version of the situationist view claims that there are no stable personality traits or preference …This paper explores the power of personality traits both as predictors and as causes of academic and economic success …
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correlations among them are far from perfect. This paper uses a variety of data sets to show that personality and IQ predict grades … and scores on achievement tests. Personality is relatively more important in predicting grades than scores on achievement … tests. IQ is relatively more important in predicting scores on achievement tests. Personality is generally more predictive …
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This study investigates the relationship between social trust and intelligence. The extreme bound analysis of Levine and Renelt is employed to directly assess the strength of the nexus. The findings confirm the positive and robust nexus between social trust and intelligence. We have contributed...
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establishes that achievement tests do not adequately capture character skills - personality traits, goals, motivations, and … preferences that are valued in the labor market, in school, and in many other domains. Their predictive power rivals that of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329163
We combine two empirical observations in a general equilibrium occupational choice model. The first is that entrepreneurs have more control than employees over the employment of and accruals from assets, such as human capital. The second observation is that entrepreneurs enjoy higher returns to...
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This paper analyzes the impact of a leading entrepreneurship education program on college students’ entrepreneurship competencies and intentions using an instrumental variables approach in a difference-in-differences framework. We exploit that the program was offered to students at one...
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We combine two empirical observations in a general equilibrium occupational choice model. The first is that entrepreneurs have more control than employees over the employment of and accruals from assets, such as human capital. The second observation is that entrepreneurs enjoy higher returns to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325787