This descriptive-correlation method study design was undertaken to measure the correlations between personality traits and occupational interests among 236 purposively sampled freshmen college students enrolled in the nine programs of UM Digos College for the School Year 2012-2013. Utilizing two...

This paper tests a central implication of the theory of equalizing differences, that workers sort into jobs with different attributes based on their preferences for those attributes. We present evidence from four new time-use data sets for the United States and France on whether workers who are...

In modern societies, people are often classified as quot;White Collarquot; or quot;Blue Collarquot; workers: that classification not only informs social scientists about the kind of work that they do, but also about their social standing, their social interests, their family ties, and their...

Confidence in one's own abilities is often seen as an important determinant of being successful. Empirical evidence about how such beliefs about one's own abilities causally influence choices is, however, sparse. In this paper, we use a stylized laboratory experiment to investigate the causal...

Confidence is often seen as the key to success. Empirical evidence about whether such beliefs causally map into actions is, however, sparse. In this paper, we experimentally investigate the causal effect of an increase in confidence about one's own ability on two central choices made by workers...

This paper tests a central implication of the theory of equalizing differences, that workers sort into jobs with different attributes based on their preferences for those attributes. We present evidence from four new time-use data sets for the United States and France on whether workers who are...