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Testosterone is associated with self-employment among Australian men
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dc.contributor.author | Greene, Francis | |
dc.contributor.author | Han, Liang | |
dc.contributor.author | Martin, Sean | |
dc.contributor.author | Zhang, Song | |
dc.contributor.author | Wittert, Gary | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-09-19T15:30:02Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-09-19T15:30:02Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-03 | |
dc.identifier | 261267507 | |
dc.identifier | 5c202a12-4e54-4fb9-9e7c-04072f67c725 | |
dc.identifier | 84896720541 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Greene , F , Han , L , Martin , S , Zhang , S & Wittert , G 2014 , ' Testosterone is associated with self-employment among Australian men ' , Economics and Human Biology , vol. 13 , pp. 76-84 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2013.02.003 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1570-677X | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0002-3673-2460/work/64361517 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/18514 | |
dc.description.abstract | Testosterone has pronounced effects on men’s physiological development and smaller, more nuanced, impacts on their economic behavior. In this study of 1,199 Australian adult males, we investigate the relationship between the self-employed and their serum testosterone levels. Because prior studies have identified that testosterone is a hormone that is responsive to external factors (e.g. competition, risk-taking), we explicitly control for omitted variable bias and reverse causality by using an instrumental variable approach. We use insulin as our primary instrument to account for endogeneity between testosterone and self-employment. This is because prior research has identified a relationship between insulin and testosterone but not between insulin and self-employment. Our results show that there is a positive association between total testosterone and self-employment. Robustness checks using bioavailable testosterone and another similar instrument (daily alcohol consumption) confirm this positive finding. | |
dc.format.extent | 394834 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Economics and Human Biology | en |
dc.subject | Testosterone | en |
dc.subject | Self-employment | en |
dc.subject | Hormones | en |
dc.subject | Labor markets | en |
dc.subject | HD Industries. Land use. Labor | en |
dc.subject | SDG 15 - Life on Land | en |
dc.subject.lcc | HD | en |
dc.title | Testosterone is associated with self-employment among Australian men | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Management | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2013.02.003 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
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