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We study response behavior in surveys and show how the explanatory power of self-reports can be improved. First, we develop a choice model of survey response behavior under the assumption that the respondent has imperfect self-knowledge about her individual characteristics. In panel data, the...
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of economic preferences and personality traits such as mindfulness may improve the analysis of potential sources of … economic preferences, and consequently well-being, of adolescents. Comprehensive data of 525 German secondary school students … preferences. However, both mindfulness and preferences have explanatory power for adolescents’ field behaviour and thus contribute …
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personality we investigate encompass time preferences, risk preferences, and altruism, as well as crystallized and fluid IQ. We …We show that socio-economic status (SES) is a powerful predictor of many facets of a child's personality. The facets of …'s personality by documenting that many dimensions of a child's environment differ systematically by SES: parenting style, quantity …
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personality we investigate encompass time preferences, risk preferences, and altruism, as well as crystallized and fluid IQ. We …We show that socio-economic status (SES) is a powerful predictor of many facets of a child's personality. The facets of …'s personality by documenting that many dimensions of a child's environment differ systematically by SES: parenting style, quantity …
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The underrepresentation of women at the top of hierarchies is often explained by gender differences in preferences. We …
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We study response behavior in surveys and show how the explanatory power of selfreports can be improved. First, we develop a choice model of survey response behavior under the assumption that the respondent has imperfect self-knowledge about her individual characteristics. In panel data, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012594949
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A previous literature cautions that paying workers for performance might crowd out non-monetary motives to work hard. Empirical evidence from the field, however, has been based on between-subjects designs that are best suited for detecting crowding out due to low-powered incentives. High-powered...
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Non-cognitive skills programs may be an important policy option to improve the academic outcomes of adolescents. In this paper, we evaluate experimentally the EPIS program, which is based on bi-weekly individual or small-group non-cognitive mediation short meetings with low-performing students....
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We attempt to link laboratory-based measures of preferences with measures of school performance. We measure in an … incentivized way risk, time, social and competitive preferences and also cognitive abilities of university students and look for …. Regarding non-cognitive skills, we find suggestive evidence for many of our measured preferences. We use two alternative …
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