Selection and the age – productivity profile. Evidence from chess players

•We study how selection affects the relationship between age and mental productivity.•We use data on professional chess players.•We correct for selection using an imputation procedure.•We find that median productivity increases by close to 5 percent from initial age (15) to peak age (21), and declin...

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Volume:	110
Main Author:	Bertoni, Marco Brunello, Giorgio Rocco, Lorenzo
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Academic
Place of publication:	AMSTERDAM Elsevier B.V 01.02.2015 ELSEVIER
published in:	Journal of economic behavior & organization Vol. 110; pp. 45 - 58
ORCID:	0000-0002-4034-3724
Data of publication:	February 2015
ISSN:	0167-2681 1879-1751
EISSN:	1879-1751
Discipline:	Business Economics
Subjects:	Productivity Sample selection Attrition Ageing Cognitive abilities Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences Chess Chess players Productivity D83, J14, J24 Sample selection Attrition Ageing Cognitive abilities WAGES RETURNS PAY COGNITIVE-ABILITIES
Online Access:	available in Bonn?
Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index - 2015 Web of Knowledge Web of Science CrossRef Academic OneFile (A&I only) Database information Databases - DBIS