We investigate the influence of personality as measured by the Big Five personality scale on absenteeism using … socio-economic background characteristics along with a Big Five personality scale. Estimates of a Logit model and of count … estimates allow us to test hypotheses on the influence of the Big Five personality traits on work attendance. We find clear …

traits, in particular personality, and the formation and dissolution of marital and cohabiting partnerships. Changing …, relationships between personality traits and the probability of marriage are identical for men and women, which is consistent with … marriage is associated with distinctly different personality profiles for older men and older women, suggesting that gender …

lying, or both. We provide evidence that personality traits strongly affect relative ability judgments in a pattern that is …

now looking at the impact of self-reported personality traits on gender differences in career chances and compare women … based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) show that there are significant gender differences in personality … inequality of career chances between women and can be explained by differences in personality. Nevertheless, personality traits …

's psychometrically derived personality traits and status of their parents on the probability of attaining a white collar occupation over … human capital theory, but finds that personality and parental status also have significant effects on occupational outcomes … personality trait conscientiousness is large and rivals that of education. Finally, estimates of separate models for males and …

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 …

This paper discusses and illustrates identification problems in personality psychology. The measures used by … explained by personality variables. …

personality traits predict sorting into public and private sector employment among prime working-age individuals. To gain deeper … insights into the dynamic dimensions of the sorting process, we also study the role of personality traits in the decisions to …