Personality characteristics and the decisions to become and stay self-employed

M Caliendo, F Fossen, AS Kritikos - Small Business Economics, 2014 - Springer
Based on a large, representative German household panel, we investigate to what extent
the personality of individuals influences the entry decision into and the exit decision from self …

[HTML][HTML] The health impacts of place-based creative programmes on older adults' health: A critical realist review

E Bellazzecca, S Teasdale, O Biosca, DA Skelton - Health & Place, 2022 - Elsevier
Place-based creative programmes can help alleviate the structural and place-related
problems that affect older adults' health. However, it is unclear why these programmes …

[图书][B] IAB-BAMF-SOEP-Befragung von Geflüchteten 2016: Studiendesign, Feldergebnisse sowie Analysen zu schulischer wie beruflicher Qualifikation …

H Brücker, N Rother, J Schupp, B für Migration - 2018 - ssoar.info
Mit dem Forschungsbericht 30 werden vertiefte Erkenntnisse zu Geflüchteten aus der
Befragung 2016 von insgesamt rund 4.500 Befragten vorgelegt, die im Rahmen der …

Are risk aversion and impatience related to cognitive ability?

T Dohmen, A Falk, D Huffman, U Sunde - American Economic Review, 2010 - aeaweb.org
This paper investigates whether there is a link between cognitive ability, risk aversion, and
impatience, using a representative sample of roughly 1,000 German adults. Subjects …

The returns to cognitive abilities and personality traits in Germany

G Heineck, S Anger - Labour economics, 2010 - Elsevier
We provide the first joint evidence on the relationship between individuals' cognitive
abilities, their personality and earnings for Germany. Using data from the German Socio …

The dynamics of recent refugees' language acquisition: how do their pathways compare to those of other new immigrants?

Y Kosyakova, C Kristen, C Spörlein - Journal of Ethnic and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Do the processes underlying destination-language acquisition differ between recently
arrived refugees and other new immigrants? Based on a well-established model of …

Do smart parents raise smart children? The intergenerational transmission of cognitive abilities

S Anger, G Heineck - Journal of population Economics, 2010 - Springer
Complementing prior research on income and educational mobility, we examine the
intergenerational transmission of cognitive abilities. We find that individuals' cognitive skills …

The physical health of British adults with intellectual disability: cross sectional study

E Emerson, C Hatton, S Baines, J Robertson - International journal for …, 2016 - Springer
Background Adults with intellectual disability have poorer health than their non-disabled
peers. However, little is known about the health of the 'hidden majority'of adults with …

The predictive power of self-control for life outcomes

DA Cobb-Clark, SC Dahmann, DA Kamhöfer… - Journal of Economic …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study investigates the predictive power of self-control for individuals and their children
using population representative data. We use the well-established Brief Self-Control Scale …

The role of first-language listening comprehension in second-language reading comprehension.

A Edele, P Stanat - Journal of Educational Psychology, 2016 - psycnet.apa.org
Although the simple view of reading and other theories suggest that listening
comprehension is an important determinant of reading comprehension, previous research …