Grit and Entrepreneurship

Short Description: Grit is a personality characteristic that receives increasing attention in psychology and also in economics. Individuals scoring high in his characteristic are expected to combine perseverance and passion for realizing certain long-term goals. We investigate how grit influences various labor-related outcomes and find a positive influence of grit on some of these measures.

Methodological Details: The validated “Short Grit Scale” by Duckworth and Quinn (2009) which consists of eight self-report items. Examples include “I often set a goal but later choose to pursue a different one” and “Setbacks don’t discourage me”.

Contact	Year	Respondents	Dataset	Variables	Availability	Field	Method
Alexander S. Kritikos, DIW Berlin [E-Mail]	2015,2017	2782 in 2015, 1084 in 2017	inno	biss3, biss6, biss1, biss5, biss2, im_bi, biss4, biss7, biss8	04/2018	Economics	Survey items