The Effects Of Prenatal Testosterone On Adult Wages: Evidence From Russian Rlms Data And Measured 2d:4d Digit Ratios

Kochergina  Ekaterina Vladimirovna; Nye John V.C.; Yudkevich Maria M.; Orel Ekaterina

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The Effects Of Prenatal Testosterone On Adult Wages: Evidence From Russian Rlms Data And Measured 2d:4d Digit Ratios

Economics/EC. WP BRP. Высшая школа экономики, 2014. No. 71.

Kochergina E. V., Nye J. V., Yudkevich M. M., Orel E.

There is now a large literature on the correlates of prenatal androgen exposure and various individual measures of performance in sports, business, or schooling. However, still there is a relatively limited evidence on the impact of prenatal androgens on life achievement. Using data from the Russian longitudinal survey and measured digit rations, we found that age-corrected market wages are correlated with low measured 2D:4D ratios signifying higher prenatal testosterone. Unlike earlier work on non-cognitive correlates of labor market wages, our findings indicate a clear-cut optimum 2D:4D ratio for women’s wages with higher and lower 2D:4D being associated with lowered wages.

Priority areas: economics

Language: English

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Keywords: Adult wages Prenatal Testosterone Female earnings

Publication based on the results of: Empirical methods in comparative institutional analysis(2014)

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