I'm certainly open to the idea of studying the early childhood development practices of the parents of those award winners. Individualized success seems like it is more likely to attributable to unique factors such as high IQ coupled with obsessive personality traits. That may not be as helpful as looking at the practices of success groups the size of entire cultures. Shooting star vs rising tide sort of thing.
It's worth mentioning that Jewish people share most if not all of those same "benefits?" I mentioned for Asians: higher education, lower criminality, etc. So there's surely something there to look at.
It is really difficult to generalize but I see Jewish people less strict and giving more freedom to their children while valuing education. It seems there are multiple articles about the subject [1] mainly triggered by Amy Chua [2] bestseller. BTW I just discovered that her husband is Jewish and he has been interviewed here [3]. All this conversation is turning funny in unexpected ways.
I find it interesting to see almost no Sepharad on this list. And that the list exists at all.
>Nobel Prizes have been awarded to 887 individuals, of whom 195 were people of Jewish descent, although people of Jewish descent comprise less than 0.2% of the world's population.
Guessing it's due to upraising among Ashkenazi and strong networks effects.
