E O W Kirkegaard
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 34089 |
|---|---|
| NOME | E O W Kirkegaard |
| PRENOMES | E O W |
| SOBRENOME | Kirkegaard |
| ASSINATURA | KIRKEGAARD E O W |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Ulster |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5607-0321 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 9 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 1 |
| OBRAS COMO AUTOR | 9 |
| OBRAS COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2020 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Big Data, Deep Roots
Genetic variation plays a significant role in shaping socioeconomic status. Conventional census racial categories (Black, White, Asian, Hispanic) obscure substantial variation among ancestry groups. Surnames reflect ancestral lineage and genetic heritage, enabling finer measurement. The authors combined 23andMe genetic ancestry data on surnames with surnames yielded from government financial records, criminal databases, Wikipedia entries, and phy…
Regional Migration Patterns and Educational Outcomes in Italy
Using surname distributions as proxies for historical migration, the authors study how ancestral geography relates to contemporary educational outcomes across Italian provinces and 2,244 municipalities. A directional TF-IDF framework quantifies the prevalence of Southern-origin surnames. Regions with higher Southern surname shares perform systematically worse on standardized assessments, net of economic controls. At the provincial level, Southern…
Stereotypes of the Intelligence of Nations
The authors surveyed a nationally representative sample of 478 Americans on Prolific to assess the stereotypes about national intelligence, and found that these correlated at .78 with measured national IQ s; although the aggregate ratings are accurate, it’s not clear how people determine the average levels of intelligence in a country, whether it’s based on regional stereotypes, economic development, or other methods. Left wingers were slightly l…
Retracted
Many studies have found that conservatives show an advantage in mental health and happiness and various causes of this have been debated (e.g., religiousness, ideology, or genetics). However, not much attention has been given to examining whether this advantage is psychometrically real, or whether it is due to test bias. We analyzed data from two large Finnish surveys of adults (Ns = 848 and 4,978) from Lahtinen (2024), that measured general anxi…
Intelligence Inequality and Income Inequality
This article evaluates the relationship between inequality in cognitive test scores across countries and income inequality. By meta-analyzing the standard deviations in PISA results from 2000 to 2018, the authors construct a measure of intelligence inequalities across countries. They then test this measure to investigate if it has any association with income inequality as measured by the gini index. Across all models and subsamples, the authors d…
The Negative Religiousness-IQ Nexus is a Jensen Effect on Individual-Level Data
Smart Fraction Theory
Previous studies have found that the ability of a country’s cognitive elite is generally more predictive than the average ability. However, these studies have relied on sub-optimal methods. Here, the authors tested smart fraction theory, as it is known, using a pre-residualization approach, which obviates the problem of collinearity. For outcome variables, they utilised the 51 indicators of the Social Progress Index, as well as 6 economic variabl…
The left-liberal skew of Western media
We gathered survey data on journalists’ political views in 17 Western countries. We then matched these data to outcomes from national elections, and constructed metrics of journalists’ relative preference for different political parties. Compared to the general population of voters, journalists prefer parties that have more left-wing positions overall (r’s -.47 to -.53, depending on the metric used), and that are associated with certain ideologie…
Are Danes’ Immigration Policy Preferences Based on Accurate Stereotypes
Stereotypes about 32 country-of-origin groups were measured using an online survey of the adult, non-elderly Danish population (n = 476 after quality control). Participants were asked to estimate each group’s net fiscal contribution in Denmark. These estimates were then compared to the actual net fiscal contributions for the 32 groups, taken from a report by the Danish Ministry of Finance. Stereotypes were found to be highly accurate, both at the…
Are Danes’ Immigration Policy Preferences Based on Accurate Stereotypes
Stereotypes about 32 country-of-origin groups were measured using an online survey of the adult, non-elderly Danish population (n = 476 after quality control). Participants were asked to estimate each group’s net fiscal contribution in Denmark. These estimates were then compared to the actual net fiscal contributions for the 32 groups, taken from a report by the Danish Ministry of Finance. Stereotypes were found to be highly accurate, both at the…
Are Danes’ Immigration Policy Preferences Based on Accurate Stereotypes
Stereotypes about 32 country-of-origin groups were measured using an online survey of the adult, non-elderly Danish population (n = 476 after quality control). Participants were asked to estimate each group’s net fiscal contribution in Denmark. These estimates were then compared to the actual net fiscal contributions for the 32 groups, taken from a report by the Danish Ministry of Finance. Stereotypes were found to be highly accurate, both at the…
The left-liberal skew of Western media
We gathered survey data on journalists’ political views in 17 Western countries. We then matched these data to outcomes from national elections, and constructed metrics of journalists’ relative preference for different political parties. Compared to the general population of voters, journalists prefer parties that have more left-wing positions overall (r’s -.47 to -.53, depending on the metric used), and that are associated with certain ideologie…
The Negative Religiousness-IQ Nexus is a Jensen Effect on Individual-Level Data
Smart Fraction Theory
Previous studies have found that the ability of a country’s cognitive elite is generally more predictive than the average ability. However, these studies have relied on sub-optimal methods. Here, the authors tested smart fraction theory, as it is known, using a pre-residualization approach, which obviates the problem of collinearity. For outcome variables, they utilised the 51 indicators of the Social Progress Index, as well as 6 economic variabl…
Intelligence Inequality and Income Inequality
This article evaluates the relationship between inequality in cognitive test scores across countries and income inequality. By meta-analyzing the standard deviations in PISA results from 2000 to 2018, the authors construct a measure of intelligence inequalities across countries. They then test this measure to investigate if it has any association with income inequality as measured by the gini index. Across all models and subsamples, the authors d…
Regional Migration Patterns and Educational Outcomes in Italy
Using surname distributions as proxies for historical migration, the authors study how ancestral geography relates to contemporary educational outcomes across Italian provinces and 2,244 municipalities. A directional TF-IDF framework quantifies the prevalence of Southern-origin surnames. Regions with higher Southern surname shares perform systematically worse on standardized assessments, net of economic controls. At the provincial level, Southern…
Stereotypes of the Intelligence of Nations
The authors surveyed a nationally representative sample of 478 Americans on Prolific to assess the stereotypes about national intelligence, and found that these correlated at .78 with measured national IQ s; although the aggregate ratings are accurate, it’s not clear how people determine the average levels of intelligence in a country, whether it’s based on regional stereotypes, economic development, or other methods. Left wingers were slightly l…
Retracted
Many studies have found that conservatives show an advantage in mental health and happiness and various causes of this have been debated (e.g., religiousness, ideology, or genetics). However, not much attention has been given to examining whether this advantage is psychometrically real, or whether it is due to test bias. We analyzed data from two large Finnish surveys of adults (Ns = 848 and 4,978) from Lahtinen (2024), that measured general anxi…
Big Data, Deep Roots
Genetic variation plays a significant role in shaping socioeconomic status. Conventional census racial categories (Black, White, Asian, Hispanic) obscure substantial variation among ancestry groups. Surnames reflect ancestral lineage and genetic heritage, enabling finer measurement. The authors combined 23andMe genetic ancestry data on surnames with surnames yielded from government financial records, criminal databases, Wikipedia entries, and phy…
Psychology (6 obras) · Economics (3 obras) · Political science (3 obras) · Sociology (3 obras) · Cognitive Abilities and Testing (2 obras) · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (2 obras) · Demographic economics (2 obras) · Demography (2 obras) · Econometrics (2 obras) · Ideology (2 obras)