We study the effect of birth order on personality traits among men using population data on enlistment records and … ability and the Big Five personality traits. Finally, we find a significant role of sex composition within the family. Later …

personality traits, affect selection into self-employment. We link these two lines of inquiry. The model we estimate captures … incorporate personality traits by allowing them to affect sector-specific earnings as well as preferences. The estimated model … reveals that the personality traits that make entrepreneurship profitable are not always the same traits driving people to …

We review the extensive literature since 2000 on the personality traits of entrepreneurs. We first consider baseline … personality traits like the Big-5 model, self-efficacy and innovativeness, locus of control, and the need for achievement. We then … performance connects to entrepreneurial personality, that are woefully understudied and ripe for major advances if the appropriate …

Based on two samples of high quality personality data for chief executive officers (CEOs), we use linguistic features … extracted from conferences calls and statistical learning techniques to develop a measure of CEO personality in terms of the Big … Five traits: agreeableness, conscientiousness, extraversion, neuroticism, and openness to experience. These personality …

We present a theory of ethnic conflict in which coalitions formed along ethnic lines compete for the economy%u2019s …