Showing 1 - 10 of 8,617
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009764024
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013186659
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011911564
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011687817
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011952386
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012183530
This paper studies the impact of exam luck on individuals’ education and labor market success. We leverage unique … improvements in both their high school GPA and diploma probability. Subsequently, exam luck generates substantial and persistent … wage differentials across otherwise identical individuals. These luck-induced wage effects are of a similar magnitude as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012817815
comes from effort rather than luck regardless of their income position; (4) the effect of social mobility on inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012697782
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012499552
luck. We show theoretically that meritocrats in such situations can become very egalitarian in their behavior, and that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012007093