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	Syear	Respondents	Dataset	Variables	Availability	Field	Method	Replication
Alexander S. Kritikos (DIW Berlin), Arnaud Dupuy (CEPS/INSTEAD)	2017	1084	inno	biss6, biss4, biss5, biss2, biss3, biss1, biss7, im_bi, biss8	04/2020	Economics	Survey items	2015