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Buser, Thomas; Ahlskog, Rafael; Johannesson, Magnus; … - 2022

We use a novel approach to explore how people sort into different careers based on their personality skills. We link genetic data from individuals in the Swedish Twin Registry to government register data, making use of new polygenic indices that capture the genetic predispositions of individuals...

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Occupational sorting on genes

Buser, Thomas; Ahlskog, Rafael; Johannesson, Magnus; … - 2023 - Revision: February 2023

Are genetic differences between people associated with their career choices? We link data from a large sample of genotyped individuals to Swedish government register data on study major and occupation. Our data contains polygenic indices that summarize genetic variants linked to several...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014245862

Seeing the world with different eyes : gender differences in perceptions and the propensity to start a business

Koellinger, Philipp; Minniti, Maria; Schade, Christian D. - 2008

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Using genes to explore the effects of cognitive and non-cognitive skills on education and labor market outcomes

Buser, Thomas; Ahlskog, Rafael; Johannesson, Magnus; … - 2021

A large literature establishes that cognitive and non-cognitive skills are strongly correlated with educational attainment and professional achievement. Isolating the causal effects of these traits on career outcomes is complicated by reverse causality and selection issues. We suggest a new...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012650131

Using genes to explore the effects of cognitive and non-cognitive skills on education and labor market outcomes

Buser, Thomas; Ahlskog, Rafael; Johannesson, Magnus; … - 2023 - Revision: February 2023

A large literature establishes that cognitive and non-cognitive skills are strongly correlated with educational attainment and professional achievement. Isolating the causal effects of these traits on career outcomes is made difficult by reverse causality and selection issues. We suggest a...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014245859

Intuitive versus contemplative : do entrepreneurs differ in their decision-making style from managers and employees?

Koudstaal, Martin; Sloof, Randolph; Praag, Mirjam van - 2017

We examine in a large survey (n = 1,928) how contemplative entrepreneurs, managers and employees are in their decision … intuitive as employees. At the same time entrepreneurs have response times and a subjective Need for Cognition that (on average … cognition, and thus take more time to think things over. …

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Seeing the world with different eyes

Koellinger, Philipp; Minniti, Maria; Schade, Christian D. - 2008 - Revised version (v2.0)

Across countries, women own significantly fewer businesses than do men. We show that this is due, in large part, to the fact that the propensity to start businesses of women is significantly lower than that of men. The lower propensity of women, in turn, appears to be highly correlated to...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011374407