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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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Different counselors, many options : career guidance and career plans in secondary schools

Fitzenberger, Bernd; Hillerich-Sigg, Annette; … - 2019

Career guidance assists students with the school-to-work transition. Based on a survey in secondary schools in Germany, we analyze career guidance activities and how these affect career plans. The take-up of career guidance depends upon the school track attended and upon the school and class...

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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...

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Does Rosie like riveting? : male and female occupational choices

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Occupational choice and choosing to become an apprentice

Austen, Siobhan - 1997

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Delegation, promotion, and manager selection

Häusinger, Benjamin - 2019

management position. However, if non-contractible managerial decision rights give rise to private benefits and preference … managerial decision rights and performance-based promotions leads to a situation often referred to as the Peter principle … performance-based promotions and restricting managerial decision rights. …

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Australian PhDs in economics and finance : professional activities, productivity and prospects

Lan, Yihui; Clements, Kenneth W.; Chai, Zong Ken - 2022

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Personal bankruptcy law, debt portfolios, and entrepreneurship

Mankart, Jochen; Rodano, Giacomo - 2015

Every year 400,000 entrepreneurs fail and 60,000 file for personal bankruptcy. The option to declare bankruptcy provides entrepreneurs with insurance against the financial consequences of business failures. However, it comes at the cost of worsened credit market conditions. In this paper, we...

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Selection into entrepreneurship and self-employment

Levine, Ross; Rubinstein, Yona - 2020

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Historic sex-ratio imbalances predict female participation in the market for politicians

Grant, Iris; Kesternich, Iris; Steckenleiter, Carina; … - 2018

We analyze the long-term effects of gender imbalances on female labor force participation, in particular in the market for politicians. We exploit variation in sex ratios - the number of men divided by the number of women in a region - across Germany induced by WWII. In the 1990 elections, women...

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