"夏日寶寶較不可能成為總裁"

希望自己的孩子將來成為首席營運長官（CEO）的母親，可能要謹慎計畫甚麼時候懷孕，因為在某些特定月份出生的孩子通常無法在公司裡有較高的職位。

最近一份研究調查了美國頂尖公司的CEO們，發現三月（12.53%）和四月（10.67%）出生的人幾乎是六月（6.13%）和七月（5.87%）出生的人的兩倍。

研究學者相信，這是導因於美國入學制度造成的「出生日效應」。由於學校在九月至一月間開學，較年長的孩童（三月和四月出生的）和較年幼的孩童（六月和七月出生的）被擺在同一班裡。較年長的學生當然比較年幼的學生表現更佳。也因如此，通常在班上扮演領導者的角色，從而建立自信心。種種因素加乘下，增加了他們未來成年生活中成功的機會。

(Life) Summer Babies Less Likely to be CEOs

Mothers who want their children to be future Chief Executive Officers (CEO) might need to plan carefully when to get pregnant because children born in certain months dont usually get higher positions in a company.

A recent study looked at the CEOs of top American companies and found out that there are nearly double the number of CEOs born in March (12.53%) and April (10.67%) compared to those who were born in June (6.13%) and July (5.87%).

Researchers think this is due to the birth-date effect caused by US school admissions. Since schools start between September to January, older children (who are born in March and April) are placed in class together with younger children (who are born in June and July). The older ones would of course perform better at school than the younger ones. Because of this, they are often given leadership roles in class which can build up their self-confidence. All of which add up to increasing their chances of success in their adult lives.

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