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Moving Ahead by Thinking Backwards: Cognitive Skills, Personality, and Economic Preferences in Collegiate Success
Burks, Stephen V.; Lewis, Connor; Kivi, Paul; Wiener, Amanda - 2014
power to predict (1) timely graduation (four years or less), (2) graduation in six years or less, and (3) final GPA. The … Agreeableness has a robust negative effect on both graduation outcomes, but not on GPA. Economic time preferences predict graduation … in four years, and GPA. Cognitive skill measures predict as expected if entered individually in a multivariate model, but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333253
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Moving ahead by thinking backwards: Cognitive skills, personality, and economic preferences in collegiate success
Burks, Stephen V.; Lewis, Connor; Kivi, Paul; Wiener, Amanda - 2014
power to predict (1) timely graduation (four years or less), (2) graduation in six years or less, and (3) final GPA. The … Agreeableness has a robust negative effect on both graduation outcomes, but not on GPA. Economic time preferences predict graduation … in four years, and GPA. Cognitive skill measures predict as expected if entered individually in a multivariate model, but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010392428
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Positional income concerns: Prevalence and relationship with personality and economic preferences
Friehe, Tim; Mechtel, Mario; Pannenberg, Markus - 2014
This paper presents detailed evidence about who compares to whom in terms of relative income. We rely on representative survey data on the importance of income comparisons vis-á-vis seven reference groups, allowing us to exploit within-subject heterogeneity. We explore the prevalence and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010435384
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Positional income concers: Prevalence and relationship with personality and economic preferences
Friehe, Tim; Mechtel, Mario; Pannenberg, Markus - 2014
This paper presents detailed evidence about who compares to whom in terms of relative income. We rely on representative survey data on the importance of income comparisons vis-a-vis seven reference groups, allowing us to exploit within-subject heterogeneity. We explore the prevalence and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010464365
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Do Preferences and Biases Predict Life Outcomes? Evidence from Education and Labor Market Entry Decisions
Backes-Gellner, Uschi; Herz, Holger; Kosfeld, Michael; … - 2018
Evidence suggests that acquiring human capital is related to better life outcomes, yet young peoples’ decisions to invest in or stop acquiring human capital are still poorly understood. We investigate the role of time and reference-dependent preferences in such decisions. Using a data set that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011794202
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Do Preferences and Biases Predict Life Outcomes? Evidence from Education and Labor Market Entry Decisions
Backes-Gellner, Uschi; Herz, Holger; Kosfeld, Michael; … - 2018
Evidence suggests that acquiring human capital is related to better life outcomes, yet young peoples' decisions to invest in or stop acquiring human capital are still poorly understood. We investigate the role of time and reference-dependent preferences in such decisions. Using a data set that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011816560
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Multidisciplinary Household Panel Studies under Academic Direction
Schupp, Jürgen; Frick, Joachim R. - 2010
This paper concentrates on the trends in peer-reviewed longitudinal panel studies under scientific direction. Household panel studies have succeeded in broadening their disciplinary scope. Numerous innovations such as questions dealing with psychological concepts, and age-specific topical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272528
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Developing SOEPsurvey and SOEPservice: The (Near) Future of the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP)
Anger, S.; Frick, F.; Goebel, J.; Grabka, M.; … - 2009
Das Sozio-oekonomische Panel (SOEP) ist als multidisziplinäres Haushaltspanel, das Informationen zu allen Personen, die in einem Panel-Haushalt leben, erhebt und damit alle Altersjahrgänge abdeckt, nach 25 Jahren Laufzeit auch zu einer Kohorten- Studie geworden. Der zunehmende Erfolg der...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600799
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Anticipations and endogenous present bias
Galperti, Simone; Strulovici, Bruno - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011545317
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Month-of-Birth Effects on Skills and Skill Formation
Yamaguchi, Shintaro; Ito, Hirotake; Nakamuro, Makiko - 2020
We estimate month-of-birth effects on cognitive and noncognitive skills, as well as factors relevant to skill formation. Our estimates indicate that younger students in a given grade cohort have lower cognitive and noncognitive skills. To shed light on the underlying mechanisms, we also examine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014533075