Between nature and nurture: The genetic overlap between psychological attributes and selection into public service employment

L Tao, H Liang, B Wen, T Huang - Public Administration Review, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Public administration scholars have had a long‐lasting interest in examining individual
differences relevant to the attractiveness of public service employment. However, very few …

Genetic and environmental influences on the stability of political attitudes

SHR Rasmussen, A Weinschenk… - Personality and …, 2024 - Elsevier
It has been established across several contexts that political attitudes are informed by
heritable factors. However, it remains unclear how much of the stability we observe in …

Brains, hormones, and genes: Introduction to the special issue on the biological foundations of economic decision-making

K Fairley, H Fornwagner, A Okbay - Journal of Economic Psychology, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Journal of Economic Psychology's previous Special Issue related to biology-the
Special Issue on Decision Neuroscience by Smith and Huettel (2010)-was released over a …

Genes, personality, and political behavior: A replication and extension using Danish twins

A Weinschenk, C Dawes, R Klemmensen… - Politics and the Life …, 2023 - cambridge.org
In this article, we examine whether there is genetic overlap between personality traits and
political participation, interest, and efficacy. We make several contributions to the literature …

Occupational sorting on genes

T Buser, R Ahlskog, M Johannesson… - Available at SSRN …, 2023 - papers.ssrn.com
Are genetic differences between people associated with their career choices? We link data
from a large sample of genotyped individuals to Swedish government register data on study …

Extraversion Probably Does Not Cause Political Participation. Evidence from Two Genetically Informed Designs

R Ahlskog - Political Psychology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A substantial literature in political psychology has emphasized the importance of personality
traits for understanding differences in political participation. One such trait is extraversion …

Economics with a biological foundation

A Rustichini - Indian Economic Review, 2023 - Springer
We argue in three lectures that economics should develop on a foundation of biology. We
first define what economics with biological foundation is, its position in the history of the …

Do the rich ditch traditional politics? Evidence from Sweden

A Brännlund, R Ahlskog - 2023 - preprints.apsanet.org
The world has seen a massive increase in wealth and wealth inequality over the last
decades. Given the skew in policy making towards the preferences of the wealthy, this raises …

Η επίδραση της πολιτικής διαφθοράς στην εξέλιξη της κοινωνικής ασφάλισης στην Ελλάδα

Δ Καραλιμάνης - 2022 - polynoe.lib.uniwa.gr
Η κοινωνική ασφάλιση είναι ένας θεσμός δικαίου, είναι μία έκφανση της αλληλεγγύης μεταξύ
των μελών μιας κοινωνίας, είναι ένα εργαλείο αναδιανομής του πλούτου και είναι η βασική …

Type vs. Turnout: Correlations Between Types of Higher Education Institutions and Student Voter Turnout

J McCoy - 2023 - digital.sandiego.edu
Voter turnout in the youth demographic has been the subject of increased attention and
research in the past several years, with many questions left unanswered. The 18-25 age …