Investigating the world's rich and powerful: Education, cognitive ability, and sex differences

Intelligence

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 54-72

  Wai, Jonathan ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive ability; Education; Elites; Power; Wealth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901440364     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2014.05.002     Document Type: Article

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