You Get What You Pay For
Incentives and Selection in the Education System
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9704533 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas Dohmen (0000-0002-9321-0319, ROA, Maastricht University, IZA, DIW), Aliya Falk (0000-0002-7284-3002, University of Bonn), Armin Falk (University of Bonn, IZA, CESifo and CEPR) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 120 |
| Issue | 546 |
| Pages | F256-F271 |
| Publication date | 2010-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Economic Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0133 • E-ISSN: 1468-0297 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2010.02376.x |
| OpenAlex | W2165715203 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 19 |
We analyse worker self-selection, with a special focus on teachers, to explore whether worker composition is generally endogenous. We analyse laboratory experimental data to provide causal evidence on particular sorting patterns. Our field data analysis focuses specifically on selection patterns of teachers. We find that teachers are more risk averse than employees in other professions, indicating that relatively risk averse individuals sort into teaching occupations under the current system. Using survey measures on trust and reciprocity we find that teachers trust more and are less negatively reciprocal than other employees, and establish differences in personality based on the Big Five concept. Copyright © The Author(s). Journal compilation © Royal Economic Society 2010
Big Five personality traits · Economics · Field (mathematics · Incentive · Microeconomics · Personality · Reciprocal · Reciprocity (cultural anthropology · Selection (genetic algorithm · sort · Sorting · Computer Science · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Psychology · School Choice and Performance · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,87 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |