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We show that personality traits mediate the effect of income on Life Satisfaction. The effect is strong in the case of …
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We investigate the effect of broad personality traits — the Big Five — on an individual’s decision to become self …-employed. In particular, we test an overall indicator of the entrepreneurial personality. Since we find that the level of … individuals of the German Socio Economic Panel (SOEP). We find a significant association between personality traits and the …
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We investigate the effect of broad personality traits — the Big Five — on an individual’s decision to become self …-employed. In particular, we test an overall indicator of the entrepreneurial personality. Since we find that the level of … individuals of the German Socio Economic Panel (SOEP). We find a significant association between personality traits and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014187263
This paper establishes that individuals with an internal locus of control, i.e., who believe that reinforcement in life comes from their own actions instead of being determined by luck or destiny, earn higher wages. However, this positive effect only translates into labor income via the channel...
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background characteristics on occupational preferences, and the influence of occupational segregation on gender wage …
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We argue that entrepreneurial choice proceeds in at least in two steps, with vocational choice nearly always preceding choice of employment status, whether that be self-employment or dependent employment. Since the two decisions are interrelated, analysis of entrepreneurial choice as a single...
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Personality traits drive behaviors and attitudes, and determine socio-economic life outcomes for individuals. This … paper investigates the relationship of six personality traits, the Big Five and Locus of Control, to individual … personality traits characterize the type to train. I attempt to answer this question using data from the German Socio …
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Based on nationally representative data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), and the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) we analyze the intergenerational transmission of economic and social (dis-)advantages in Germany, the United States and...
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development of one particular aspect of personality, that is, locus of control. Overall gender differences were more pronounced in …
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