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SUBMITTER: Custodio C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7326194 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Custódio Cláudia C Siegel Stephan S
PloS one 20200630 6
We investigate the link between birth order and the career outcome of becoming Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a company. CEOs are more likely to be the first-born, i.e., oldest, child of their family relative to what one would expect if birth order did not matter for career outcomes. Both male and female CEOs are more likely to be first-born. However, the first-born advantage seems to largely reflect the absence of an older brother, but not of an older sister. These results are more pronounced ...[more]