This paper systematically investigates whether different kinds of personality characteristics influence entrepreneurial … and further personality characteristics, which are more specifically related to entrepreneurial tasks, influence entry …

This paper systematically investigates whether different kinds of personality characteristics influence entrepreneurial … and further personality characteristics, which are more specifically related to entrepreneurial tasks, influence entry …

We collected personality (Big Five) and demographic characteristics, and ran incentivized experiments measuring …

This paper investigates the short-term effects of a reduction in the length of high school on students' personality … and across states to identify the effect of schooling on students' Big Five personality traits and on their locus of … students and students from disrupted families showed stronger personality changes following the reform: they became more …

education and personality traits. I identify a previously undocumented interaction between education and traits in earnings … generation, which results in important heterogeneity of the net present value of education. Personality traits directly affect … more educated men. Personality and IQ also influence earnings indirectly through educational choice. Surprisingly …

This study tests whether personality traits are legitimately rewarded in the labour market or whether there are … differing rewards across gender that cannot be explained with productivity. We investigate if personality traits affect the … open are more likely to be among the top earners than men. Other than that, we find small gender differences in personality …

Survey for the period between 2003 and 2012. Adopting the Five Factor Model of personality structure, and using it in the … evaluation of non-cognitive skills, our results suggest that such personality traits as openness to new experience and the …

concepts of personality - such as the Big Five and locus of control - are related. We analyze data from incentivized laboratory … experiments and representative samples and find only low degrees of association between economic preferences and personality. We … preference and personality measures. The analysis reveals that the two concepts are rather complementary when it comes to …

education and personality traits. I identify a previously undocumented interaction between education and traits in earnings … generation, which results in important heterogeneity of the net present value of education. Personality traits directly affect … more educated men. Personality and IQ also influence earnings indirectly through educational choice. Surprisingly …

This paper investigates the short-term effects of a reduction in the length of high school on students' personality … and across states to identify the effect of schooling on students' Big Five personality traits and on their locus of … students and students from disrupted families showed stronger personality changes following the reform: they became more …