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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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Comparing the part-time wage gap in Germany and the Netherlands

Wolf, Elke - 2001

-timers. Using the Netherlands as a benchmark, helps to assess the size and seriousness of the estimated wage differentials in … Germany and the Netherlands, taking into account individual and job-specific characteristics and treating participation and … years in employment. The comparison with the wage structure in the Netherlands, which exhibits much smaller wage …

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Selection into entrepreneurship and self-employment

Levine, Ross; Rubinstein, Yona - 2020

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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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Confidence and career choices : an experiment

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

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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

Socio-economic status and inequalities in children's IQ and economic preferences

Falk, Armin; Kosse, Fabian; Pinger, Pia; … - 2019

This paper explores inequalities in IQ and economic preferences between children from high and low socio-economic status (SES) families. We document that children from high SES families are more intelligent, patient and altruistic, as well as less risk-seeking. To understand the underlying...

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Show what you risk - norms for risk taking

Grimm, Stefan - 2018

Most economic decisions are embedded in a specific social context. In many such contexts, individual choices are influenced by their observability due to underlying social norms and social image concerns. This study investigates the impact of choices being observed, compared to anonymity of...

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