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

Yoav Ganzach

doi:10.1016/j.intell.2011.02.003

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 language	English
Pages (from-to)	120-129
Number of pages	10
Journal	Intelligence
Volume	39
Issue number	2-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2011.02.003
State	Published - Mar 2011
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Intelligence
Longitudinal analysis
Socioeconomic status
The bell curve
Wages

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