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Survey instructions bias perceptions of environmental health risks

Timmons, Shane; Papadopoulos, Alexandros; Lunn, Pete - 2024

A basic function of government is to manage environmental risks. This requires measurement of how the public perceive different risks, but it is hard to measure risk perceptions in a neutral, unbiased way. In a pre-registered experiment with a nationally representative sample (N = 800), we...

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Survey instructions bias perceptions of environmental health risks

Timmons, Shane; Papadopoulos, Alexandros; Lunn, Pete - 2024

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COVID-19 risk perceptions in Japan : a cross sectional study

Chiba, Asako; Nakata, Taisuke; Nguyen Thuy Linh; Takaku, Reo - 2024

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Flood damage, vulnerability and risk perception : challenges for flood damage research

Messner, Frank; Meyer, Volker - 2005

The current state-of-the-art in flood damage analysis mainly focuses on the economic evaluation of tangible flood effects. It is contended in this discussion paper that important economic, social and ecological aspects of flood-related vulnerabilities are neglected. It is a challenge for flood...

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On the interpretation of non-cognitive skills: What is being measured and why it matters

Humphries, John Eric; Kosse, Fabian - 2016

measured into underlying personality traits and economic preferences. We demonstrate that the construction of the non …

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Labor Outcomes during the Transition from Adolescence to Adulthood: The Role of Personality, Cognition, and Shocks in Madagascar

Sahn, David E.; Villa, Kira M. - 2016

specific personality traits and cognition on a sequence of labor market outcomes for a sample of Malagasy individuals as they …, labor market sectoral selection, and within sector earnings. The personality traits we examine are the Big Five Personality … personality, as well as cognitive test scores, affect these outcomes of interest, and that their impact on labor supply is, in …

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Locus of control and mothers' return to employment

Berger, Eva M.; Haywood, Luke - 2016

This paper investigates the effect of locus of control (LOC) on the length of mothers' employment break after childbirth. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP), duration data reveals that women with an internal LOC return to employment more quickly than women with an...

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Persönlichkeit und Karriere: She's Got What it Takes

Fietze, Simon; Holst, Elke; Tobsch, Verena - 2009

In Deutschland sind Frauen in Führungspositionen unterrepräsentiert. Je höher die Hierarchiestufe desto geringer ist ihr Anteil unter den Führungskräften. Nur 2,5 Prozent der Vorstandsmitglieder der Top-200 Wirtschaftsunternehmen in Deutschland sind weiblich. Zahlreiche Studien untersuchen...

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Personality and Career: She's Got What It Takes

Fietze, Simon; Holst, Elke; Tobsch, Verena - 2009

looking at the impact of self-reported personality traits on gender differences in career chances. We compare managers and …-Economic Panel (SOEP) in 2005 show that there are significant gender differences in personality traits, multivariate estimations …, personality traits might indeed play a role, albeit more indirectly: Some of the stronger career effects, such as work experience …

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Measuring Individual Risk Attitudes in the Lab: Task or Ask? An Empirical Comparison

Lönnqvist, Jan-Erik; Verkasalo, Markku; Walkowitz, Gari; … - 2011

shows the expected correlations with a Big Five personality measure and is correlated with actual risk-taking behaviour. The …

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