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criminal behavior. More precisely, we consider risk and time preferences, personality traits from psychology (Big Five and … locus of control), and a self-control scale from criminology. We find that economic preferences, personality traits, and …
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personality we investigate encompass time preferences, risk preferences, and altruism, as well as crystallized and fluid IQ. We …We show that socio-economic status (SES) is a powerful predictor of many facets of a child's personality. The facets of …'s personality by documenting that many dimensions of a child's environment differ systematically by SES: parenting style, quantity …
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personality traits (Big Five, locus of control) on their adolescent and young adult children's traits with the effects of parental … personality traits. The finding that non-cognitive skills are not as strongly transmitted as cognitive skills, suggests that there …
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We study the relationship between age and literacy skills in Canada, Norway and the U.S. – countries that represent a wide range of literacy outcomes – using data from the 1994 and 2003 International Adult Literacy Surveys. In cross-sectional data there is a weak negative partial...
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establishes that achievement tests do not adequately capture character skills – personality traits, goals, motivations, and … preferences that are valued in the labor market, in school, and in many other domains. Their predictive power rivals that of …
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Public schooling in the U.S. has numerous critics, many of whom suggest that alternatives such as providing vouchers for private schools may be more effective. This paper combines decennial census and American Community Survey data for various years to examine the relationship between...
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experiments and representative samples and find only low degrees of association between economic preferences and personality. We … different concepts to capture them. In this review we first analyze the extent to which economic preferences and psychological … concepts of personality – such as the Big Five and locus of control – are related. We analyze data from incentivized laboratory …
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We explore the relationship between household finances and personality traits from an empirical perspective …. Specifically, using individual level data drawn from the British Household Panel Survey, we analyse the influence of personality … financial assets. Personality traits are classified according to the 'Big Five' taxonomy: openness to experience …
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This paper investigates in a principal-agent environment whether and how group membership influences the effectiveness of incentives and when incentives can have “hidden costs”, i.e., a detrimental effect. We show experimentally that in all interactions control mechanisms can have hidden...
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This paper investigates the association between personality traits and charitable behaviour, namely donations of time … quantile regression models. Personality traits are classified according to the 'Big Five' taxonomy: openness to experience …; conscientiousness; extraversion; agreeableness; and neuroticism. The quantile approach allows us to explore the effect of personality …
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