This paper provides evidence of a novel facet of peer effects by showing how peer personality affects educational … persistence of their peers. The personality peer effects that we document are distinct from other observable peer characteristics … and suggest that the personality traits of peers causally affect human capital accumulation. …

This paper reviews several traditions in economic research on preferences as well as research on personality traits in … personality psychology and lists challenges in both fields. We discuss challenges regarding the measurement of preferences and … personality traits, challenges regarding the stability of preferences and traits, and challenges when inferring causality …

This paper reviews several traditions in economic research on preferences as well as research on personality traits in … personality psychology and lists challenges in both fields. We discuss challenges regarding the measurement of preferences and … personality traits, challenges regarding the stability of preferences and traits, and challenges when inferring causality …

correlations among them are far from perfect. This paper uses a variety of data sets to show that personality and IQ predict grades … and scores on achievement tests. Personality is relatively more important in predicting grades than scores on achievement … tests. IQ is relatively more important in predicting scores on achievement tests. Personality is generally more predictive …

This paper studies whether sibling gender affects personality traits. We use the idea that if parents decide to have a …-born sibling's gender and the first sibling's personality traits is causal. We employ longitudinal data from a large British cohort … which is followed from birth onwards. The dataset includes personality traits at age 10 and 16. Our main result is that …

This paper studies the causal effect of birth spacing (i.e., the age difference between siblings) on personality traits … larger age gap between siblings negatively affects personality traits of the youngest child in two-child households. This … result sheds a first light on the causal effects of birth spacing on personality traits. …