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. …

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

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 … preferences, constraints, and information. Evidence is reviewed about the situational specificity of personality traits and …

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 … preferences, constraints, and information. Evidence is reviewed about the "situational specificity" of personality traits and …

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 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. …

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 …

important role in producing both personality and other non-cognitive skills and labor market outcomes is family background …, including genetic endowments. This paper is the first to use sibling differences to estimate the effects of personality on … ability, schooling, occupation, and other factors. Overall, the findings suggest that personality measures are important …