The relative-age effect and career success : evidence from corporate CEOs
This paper finds that the number of CEOs born in June and July is disproportionately small relative to the number of CEOs born in other months. Our evidence is consistent with the ‘‘relative-age effect’’ due to school admissions grouping together children with age differences up to one year, with...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-980782023-05-19T06:44:41Z The relative-age effect and career success : evidence from corporate CEOs Du, Qianqian Gao, Huasheng Levi, Maurice D. Nanyang Business School This paper finds that the number of CEOs born in June and July is disproportionately small relative to the number of CEOs born in other months. Our evidence is consistent with the ‘‘relative-age effect’’ due to school admissions grouping together children with age differences up to one year, with children born in June and July disadvantaged throughout life by being younger than their classmates born in other months. Our results suggest that the relative-age effect has a long-lasting influence on career success. 2013-08-29T07:04:49Z 2019-12-06T19:50:19Z 2013-08-29T07:04:49Z 2019-12-06T19:50:19Z 2012 2012 Journal Article Du, Q., Gao, H.,& Levi, M. D. (2012). The relative-age effect and career success: Evidence from corporate CEOs. Economics Letters, 117(3), 660-662. 0165-1765 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/98078 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/13251 10.1016/j.econlet.2012.08.017 en Economics letters |
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This paper finds that the number of CEOs born in June and July is disproportionately small relative to the
number of CEOs born in other months. Our evidence is consistent with the ‘‘relative-age effect’’ due to
school admissions grouping together children with age differences up to one year, with children born in
June and July disadvantaged throughout life by being younger than their classmates born in other months.
Our results suggest that the relative-age effect has a long-lasting influence on career success. |
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