American business seems to be infatuated with its workers' "leadership" skills. Is there such a thing, and is it … leadership positions in high school earn more as adults, even when cognitive skills are held constant. The pure leadership …-wage effect varies from four percent for a broad definition of leadership in 1971 to twenty-four percent for a narrow definition …

skills, including leadership, self-discipline, motivation, competitiveness and self-esteem. We use survey data from the US … siblings. We find that having only sisters at age 15 increases substantially the probability of school leadership both for … are more likely to be leaders in school. -- non-cognitive skills ; school behaviors ; siblings …

speculation that a gender difference in competitiveness contributes to the gender wage gap. Using data from the NLSY79 and NLSY97 … - suggesting an increasing role for competitiveness in explaining the gender wage gap. …