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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
1954-12-31
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CEO ability heterogeneity, Board’s recruiting ability, Credit risk, Bond yield spreads
Four studies were conducted to examine three issues: (1) the relationship between spatial and verbal ability, (2) the relationship between spatial ability and social intelligence, and (3) sex differences in the relationship between spatial and verbal ability. Contrary to the traditional assumption that all abilities exist in a "positive manifold" (Thurstone, 1934, 1935) but consistent with previous research on strategy usage and with correlational data, no relationship was found between spatial and verbal ability for the population of individuals who have high spatial ability. Similarly, no relationship was found between spatial ability and social intelligence (as measured by Missing Cartoons) for the population of individuals who have high spatial ability. Third, no evidence was found for sex differences in the relationship between sp...
Bibliography : leaves 136-156.
returns to education, ability bias
returns to education, ability bias
item response theory, ability estimation, reliability,
Capital flows Managerial ability Human capital Entrepreneurs
We explore optimal search for individual improvement when agents start with different confidence in their own ability. The initial self-confidence may be determined by nature or socioeconomic factors. Presuming Bayesian learning, we show that final achievements depend positively on initial confidence. When parents' achievements affect children's self-confidence, a meritocracy, not necessarily founded on ability, may emerge. Social differences may thus stem from - and maintain - unjustifiable opinions about ability differentials.
Intergenerational associations; education; incomes; cognitive ability; interaction
This paper presents new evidence from the NLSY on the importance of meritocracy in American society. In it, we find that general intelligence, or g -- a measure of cognitive ability--is dominant in explaining test score variance. The weights assigned to tests by g are similar for all major demographic groups. These results support Spearman's theory of g. We also find that g and other measures of ability are not rewarded equally across race and gender, evidence against the view that the labor market is organized on meritocratic principles. Additional factors beyond g are required to explain wages and occupational choice. However, both blue collar and white collar wages are poorly predicted by g or even multiple measures of ability. Observed cognitive ability is only a minor predictor of social performance. White collar wages are more g ...
