Does fortune favor dragons?

Astronomics in Action: The Graduate Earnings Premium and the Dragon Effect in Singapore

“…Johnson and Nye (2011) find that Asian immigrants to the United States born in the 1976 Dragon year are more educated than comparable immigrants from non-Dragon years. Johnson and Nye (2011) find that Asian immigrants to the United States born in the 1976 Dragon year are more educated than comparable immigrants from non-Dragon years.…”

Crouching tigers hidden dragons: on the myth of the two birth signs

“…However, the validity of this observation requires further inspection. Johnson and Nye (2011) have found some 'dragon effects' among the Asian immigrants in the USA, but not the general US population. To be sure, the USA has no such birth sign traditions.…”

Cultural conceptualizations of Chinese zodiac animals in Chinese English

“…Although research on zodiac animals and birth timing shows that zodiac preferences exist among certain Chinese communities and diasporas, such as ‘dragon babies’ (children born in the years of the dragon) have higher birth rates than babies born in other animal years, such as the so called ‘dragon effects’ (Hung et al., , p. 226), ‘dragon year fertility spikes’ (Goodkind, , p. 680) or ‘dragon spikes’ (Johnson & Nye, , pp. 85–86), Hung et al.…”

“…(, p. 220) argue that ‘media reports have exaggerated the tiger and dragon myths out of proportion,’ and they conclude that ‘neither the tiger nor the dragon cohort is, statistically speaking, significantly different from the others’ (Hung et al., , p. 226). Johnson and Nye () have also critically examined whether fortune favours dragons, or the common beliefs among individuals from ‘Confucian’ cultures (for example, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, and Japanese) that the Year of the Dragon is ‘an auspicious time for business, marriage, and birth. In particular, children born in dragon years are thought to be luckier, brighter, stronger, and more likely to flourish than those born in any other year’ (Johnson & Nye, , p. 86).…”