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2D:4D and self-employment using SOEP data: a replication study

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Authors and Corporations: Fossen, Frank M. (Author), Neyse, Levent (Author), Johannesson, Magnus (Author), Dreber, Anna (Author)
Other Authors: Neyse, Levent [Author] • Johannesson, Magnus [Author] • Dreber, Anna [Author]
Type of Resource: E-Book
Language: English
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Series: Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung: SOEP papers on multidisciplinary panel data research ; 1085 (2020)
Subjects:
Self-employment
entrepreneurship
hormones
testosterone
digit ratio
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Summary: The 2D:4D digit ratio, the ratio of the length of the 2nd digit to the length of the 4th digit, is often considered a proxy for testosterone exposure in utero. A recent study by Nicolaou et al. (2018) reported an association between the left-hand 2D:4D and self-employment (in a sample of about 1,000 adults). In this pre-registered study we replicate these results on a new and larger sample of about 2,600 adults from the German Socioeconomic Panel-Innovation Sample (SOEP-IS). We find no statistically significant associations between 2D:4D and self-employment and thus cannot confirm the findings of Nicolaou et al. (2018) for left-hand 2D:4D. Our estimated 99.5% confidence intervals are within an about 2 percentage points change in self-employment for a one standard deviation change in the 2D:4D when we pool results for men and women (the association does not differ significantly between men and women). Even larger studies are needed to rule out smaller effect sizes.
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