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Personality traits and cognitive ability in political selection

Jokela, Markus; Meriläinen, Jaakko; Tukiainen, Janne; … - 2023 - February 2023 (first version July 2022, second version August 2022)

We present the first comprehensive evidence on the role of cognitive ability and personality traits in the selection of … office-eligible population in both intelligence and personality tests that capture three dimensions of cognitive and seven … also assess the relative importance of cognitive abilities and personality traits, present evidence of no trade …

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Biased by success and failure : how unemployment shapes stated locus of control

Preuß, Malte; Hennecke, Juliane - 2017

over the life course. While absolute stability has been generally rejected, the extent to which LOC and thus personality … the stated LOC is biased during unemployment but the underlying personality trait itself is not affected. …

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Confidence and career choices : an experiment

Barron, Kai; Gravert, Christina - 2020 - 2nd revision June 2020

Confidence in one's own abilities is often seen as an important determinant of being successful. Empirical evidence about how such beliefs about one's own abilities causally influence choices is, however, sparse. In this paper, we use a stylized laboratory experiment to investigate the causal...

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Confidence and career choices : an experiment

Barron, Kai; Gravert, Christina - 2019

Confidence is often seen as the key to success. Empirical evidence about how such beliefs about one's abilities causally map into actions is, however, sparse. In this paper, we experimentally investigate the causal effect of an increase in confidence about one's own ability on two central...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012064447

Confidence and career choices : an experiment

Barron, Kai; Gravert, Christina - 2019 - Revised January 2019

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011964220

Confidence and career choices : an experiment

Barron, Kai; Gravert, Christina - 2018

Confidence is often seen as the key to success. Empirical evidence about whether such beliefs causally map into actions is, however, sparse. In this paper, we experimentally investigate the causal effect of an increase in confidence about one's own ability on two central choices made by workers...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011778918

Social media and mental health

Braghieri, Luca; Levy, Ro'ee; Makarin, Alexey - 2022

The diffusion of social media coincided with a worsening of mental health conditions among adolescents and young adults in the United States, giving rise to speculation that social media might be detrimental to mental health. In this paper, we provide the first quasi-experimental estimates of...

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Learning about ones' self

Le Yaouanq, Yves; Schwardmann, Peter - 2019

predetermined dates. In the week preceding each work date, they state their commitment preferences and predictions of future effort …

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Homo moralis: personal characteristics, institutions, and moral decision-making

Deckers, Thomas; Falk, Armin; Kosse, Fabian; Szech, Nora - 2016

This paper studies how individual characteristics, institutions, and their interaction influence moral decisions. We validate a moral paradigm focusing on the willingness to accept harming third parties. Consequences of moral decisions are real. We explore how moral behavior varies with...

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Self-assessment : the role of the social environment

Falk, Armin; Kosse, Fabian; Schildberg-Hörisch, Hannah; … - 2020

This study presents descriptive and causal evidence on the role of the social environment in shaping the accuracy of self-assessment. We introduce a novel incentivized measurement tool to measure the accuracy of self-assessment among children and use this tool to show that children from high...

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