Lex Borghans

8.4k citations
124 papers · 3.7k · 2 hit papers · h-index 24

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    • Labor market dynamics and wage inequality 42
    • Firm Innovation and Growth 15
    • Economic Policies and Impacts 9
    • School Choice and Performance 17
    • Education Systems and Policy 10
    • Dutch Social and Cultural Studies 7

Lex Borghans

111 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Lex Borghans's Hit Papers

Gender Differences in Risk Aversion and Ambiguity Aversion 2009 · 456 citations
4560+6+12Years since publication250500750

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Lex Borghans
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  • General Decision Sciences 326
  • Safety Research 476
  • Economics and Econometrics 1.2k
  • Gender Studies 333
  • Applied Psychology 156
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All Works

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The Economics and Psychology of Personality Traits
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2008753
2
Gender Differences in Risk Aversion and Ambiguity Aversion
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2009456
3 2016200
4 2008178
5 2008159
6 2008156
7 2008140
8 2005137
9 2011114
10 2014113
11 2014111
12 201475
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The overeducated worker? : the economics of skill utilization
200063
14 200358
15 200155
16 201244
17 200642
18 199939
19 202038
20 200532

About Lex Borghans

Lex Borghans is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Education, Sociology and Political Science, Safety Research and Social Psychology, having authored 124 papers that have together received 3.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (42 papers), School Choice and Performance (17 papers), Firm Innovation and Growth (15 papers), Education Systems and Policy (10 papers), Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies (10 papers), Economic Policies and Impacts (9 papers), Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (8 papers) and Dutch Social and Cultural Studies (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in General Decision Sciences (326 citations), Safety Research (476 citations), Economics and Econometrics (1.2k citations), Gender Studies (333 citations) and Applied Psychology (156 citations). Lex Borghans has collaborated with scholars based in Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include Bas ter Weel, James J. Heckman, Bart Golsteyn, Angela Duckworth, Huub Meijers, Bruce A. Weinberg, John Eric Humphries, Andries de Grip, Ron Diris and Loek Groot. Their work appears in journals such as PLoS ONE, Labour, Labour Economics, The Journal of Human Resources and Economics of Education Review.

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