This paper reviews the problems and potential benefits of integrating personality psychology into economics. Economists … have much to learn from and contribute to personality psychology. …

This paper discusses and illustrates identification problems in personality psychology. The measures used by … particular trait unless incentives and other traits are controlled for. Using two data sets, we show, as an example, that … explained by personality variables. …

Evidence from psychology and economics indicates that many individuals overestimate their ability, both absolutely and … lying, or both. We provide evidence that personality traits strongly affect relative ability judgments in a pattern that is …

parameters that persons carry across different situations. Those who hold this view claim that personality psychology has little …This paper explores the power of personality traits both as predictors and as causes of academic and economic success …, health, and criminal activity. Measured personality is interpreted as a construct derived from an economic model of …

questions in a model based on two stylized facts from psychology and behavioral economics: i) Goals serve as reference points …

This paper discusses and illustrates identification problems in personality psychology. The measures used by … particular trait unless incentives and other traits are controlled for. Using two data sets, we show, as an example, that … explained by personality variables. …

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 …

personality trait conscientiousness is large and rivals that of education. Finally, estimates of separate models for males and …'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 …

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 …