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Read more about the article Occupations, fertility, men, and politics

Occupations, fertility, men, and politics

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:17. May 2026
  • Post category:Demographics/Sociology

In response to my prior post on the fertility rates of American women by occupation, some asked for the results for men, and others pointed out that there seems to…

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Want children? Marry a telemarketer or maid, avoid librarians and web developers

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:16. May 2026
  • Post category:Sociology

In a world of declining fertility, we have to ask ourselves why it is so declining. I've spent many posts on that question. We could also ask instead, how do…

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Read more about the article Personality and politics of 263 occupations

Personality and politics of 263 occupations

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:10. November 2023
  • Post category:Sociology/Stereotypes

Recently, I wrote about a great study showing the intelligence and crude personality differences between 300+ jobs. There is now a replication of this using a set of 263 occupations…

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Read more about the article Testosterone battles

Testosterone battles

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:16. November 2021
  • Post category:Biology/intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability/Physiology/Sociology

Back in October Razib Khan had Carole Hooven on his podcast. She's the author of a new popsci book on testosterone: T: The Story of Testosterone, the Hormone that Dominates…

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Occupations, cognitive ability and stereotypes

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:18. November 2015
  • Post category:Differential psychology/psychometrics/Education/intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability/Sociology

It seems that no one has integrated this literature yet. I will take a quick stab at it here. It could be expanded into a proper paper later in case…

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