A dynamic analysis of the effects of intelligence and socioeconomic background on job-market success

Yoav Ganzach*

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Abstract

We compare the effects of socioeconomic background (SEB) and intelligence on wage trajectories in a dynamic growth modeling framework in a sample that had completed just 12. years of education. I show that the main difference between the two is that SEB affected wages solely by its effect on entry pay whereas intelligence affected wages primarily by its effect on mobility. I argue that a major issue that has been at the center of the debate about the roles of intelligence and SEB in social success - the difficulty in accurately measuring SEB - is to a large extent resolved by these results.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)120-129
Number of pages10
JournalIntelligence
Volume39
Issue number2-3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2011

Funding

FundersFunder number
Henry Crow Israel Institute of Business Research

    Keywords

    • Intelligence
    • Longitudinal analysis
    • Socioeconomic status
    • The bell curve
    • Wages

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