questions: (1) To what extent does a composite measure of ability affect an entrepreneur's earnings relative to employees? (2 …) Do different cognitive abilities (e.g. math ability, language ability) and social ability affect earnings of … entrepreneurs and employees differently?, and (3) Does the balance in these measured ability levels affect an individual's earnings …

Connections of personality and career success factors like obtained wages are well documented. Important cognitive wage … demonstrate that both personality traits are associated with expected and accepted wages trough an indirect effect via obtained … of this personality trait on expected and accepted wages prevails. We discuss the results in terms of relationships of …

unobserved individual effects and random earnings shocks. For this purpose, we decompose earnings into a component determined by … initial unobserved earnings ability and experience-related heterogeneity and a component determined by earnings shocks. Our … British female workers. In the UK, the initial unobserved earnings capacity is higher for workers starting off with a …

low-paid as well as the probability of escaping low wages by moving up to higher-paid employment. Our results reveal a …