-subject heterogeneity. We explore the prevalence and determinants of positional income concerns, investigating the role of personality and … economic preferences. Our results establish robust relationships between positional income concerns and the personality traits …

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 investigates the influence of political regimes on personality, using the separation of Germany into the … differences between former GDR and FRG residents regarding important attributes of personality (particularly the locus of control …, neuroticism, conscientiousness, and openness). To understand the influence of the GDR's socialist regime on personality, we test …

Aims: To investigate cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between personality and smoking, and test whether … years). Measurements: Personality traits of the Five-Factor Model (extraversion, neuroticism, agreeableness …-smoker, and never smoker), smoking initiation, smoking relapse, and smoking cessation. Associations between personality and …

measured into underlying personality traits and economic preferences. We demonstrate that the construction of the non …

looking at the impact of self-reported personality traits on gender differences in career chances. We compare managers and …-Economic Panel (SOEP) in 2005 show that there are significant gender differences in personality traits, multivariate estimations …, personality traits might indeed play a role, albeit more indirectly: Some of the stronger career effects, such as work experience …

shows the expected correlations with a Big Five personality measure and is correlated with actual risk-taking behaviour. The …

, dispositional, and hybrid approaches, depending on whether working conditions, personality traits or their interaction are … studies both in the consideration of personality variables as well as the influence of factors to explain job satisfaction, do … not offer a theoretical framework. This paper investigates the influence of personality characteristics and working …