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Browsing by Author "RUSTICHINI, Aldo"
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Title:What Drives Women Out of Entrepreneurship? The Joint Role of Testosterone and Culture
Author(s):GUISO, Luigi; RUSTICHINI, AldoDate:2011-01-01Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:The ratio of second to fourth digit (2D4D) has been shown to correlate negatively with entrepreneurial skills and financial success. We document that in a sample of entrepreneurs women have a lower 2D4D ratio than men, in ...
Title:Understanding the Size and Profitability of Firms: The Role of a Biological Factor
Author(s):GUISO, Luigi; RUSTICHINI, AldoDate:2011-01-01Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:We collect information on prenatal testosterone in a large sample of entrepreneurs by measuring the length of their 2th to 4th fingers in face to face interviews. Entrepreneurs with higher exposure to prenatal testosterone ...
Title:More Equal but Less Mobile?: Education Financing and Intergenerational Mobility in Italy and in the US
Author(s):ICHINO, Andrea; CHECCHI, Daniele; RUSTICHINI, AldoDate:1999Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:A centralised and egalitarian school system reduces the cost of education for poor families, and so it should reduce income inequality and make intergenerational mobility easier. In this paper we provide evidence that ...