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What grades and achievement tests measure
Borghans, Lex; Golsteyn, Bart H. H.; Heckman, James J.; … - 2016
Intelligence quotient (IQ), grades, and scores on achievement tests are widely used as measures of cognition, yet the … correlations among them are far from perfect. This paper uses a variety of data sets to show that personality and IQ predict grades … than IQ of a variety of important life outcomes. Both grades and achievement tests are substantially better predictors of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011580913
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Women do not play their aces : the consequences of shying away
Claussen, Jörg; Czibor, Eszter; Praag, Mirjam van - 2015
The underrepresentation of women at the top of hierarchies is often explained by gender differences in preferences. We find support for this claim by analyzing a large dataset from an online card game community, a stylized yet natural setting characterized by self-selection into an uncertain,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011449213
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Gender differences in risk aversion and ambiguity aversion
Borghans, Lex; Golsteyn, Bart H.H.; Heckman, James J.; … - 2009
This paper demonstrates gender differences in risk aversion and ambiguity aversion. It also contributes to a growing literature relating economic preference parameters to psychological measures by asking whether variations in preference parameters among persons, and in particular across genders,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003808595
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Gender Differences in Risk Aversion and Ambiguity Aversion
Borghans, Lex - 2009
This paper demonstrates gender differences in risk aversion and ambiguity aversion. It also contributes to a growing literature relating economic preference parameters to psychological measures by asking whether variations in preference parameters among persons, and in particular across genders,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012764691
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What Grades and Achievement Tests Measure
Borghans, Lex - 2016
Intelligence quotient (IQ), grades, and scores on achievement tests are widely used as measures of cognition, yet the … correlations among them are far from perfect. This paper uses a variety of data sets to show that personality and IQ predict grades … than IQ of a variety of important life outcomes. Both grades and achievement tests are substantially better predictors of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012978961
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Are entrepreneurs more optimistic and overconfident than managers and employees?
Koudstaal, Martin; Sloof, Randolph; Praag, Mirjam van - 2015
Empirical evidence supports the conventional wisdom that entrepreneurs are more optimistic and overconfident than others. However, the same holds true for top managers. In this lab-in-the-field experiment we directly compare the scores of entrepreneurs, managers and employees on a comprehensive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011378220
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The origins and extent of entrepreneurial action-orientedness : an experimental study
Barirani, Ahmad; Sloof, Randolph; Praag, Mirjam van - 2017
We test the hypothesis, based on popular and theoretical perspectives, that entrepreneurs are more action-oriented than other occupational groups. We compare their playing strategies in an optimal stopping game using a randomized online experiment among 100s of entrepreneurs, managers and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011607388
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Personality and mental health : the role and substitution effect of emotional stability and conscientiousness
Wehner, Caroline; Schils, Trudie; Borghans, Lex - 2016
A growing number of economic studies show that low emotional stability is typically negatively related to socioeconomic outcomes, while conscientiousness predicts desirable results. However, possible mechanisms behind these relations are far less explored. Gaining insights into the mechanisms is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011580810
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The origins and extent of entrepreneurial action-orientedness : an experimental study
Barirani, Ahmad; Sloof, Randolph; Praag, Mirjam van - 2017
We test the hypothesis, based on popular and theoretical perspectives, that entrepreneurs are more action-oriented than other occupational groups. We compare their playing strategies in an optimal stopping game using a randomized online experiment among 100s of entrepreneurs, managers and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011583687
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Risk, uncertainty and entrepreneurship : evidence from a lab-in-the-field experiment
Koudstaal, Martin; Sloof, Randolph; Praag, Mirjam van - 2014
Theory predicts that entrepreneurs have distinct attitudes towards risk and uncertainty, but empirical evidence is mixed. To better understand the unique behavioral characteristics of entrepreneurs and the causes of these mixed results, we perform a large "ab-in-the-field" experiment comparing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010418889