BHPS (Understanding Society) in the UK or the SOEP in Germany, combined with an oversampling of twins, provide a powerful …

BHPS (Understanding Society) in the UK or the SOEP in Germany, combined with an oversampling of twins, provide a powerful …

In this paper, we use a sample of almost 30,000 Swedish mono- and dizygotic twins to study the heritability of … preferences. We use standard techniques from behavior genetics to partition variation in risk-taking into environmental 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 …

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 …

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 …

now looking at the impact of self-reported personality traits on gender differences in career chances and compare women … based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) show that there are significant gender differences in personality … inequality of career chances between women and can be explained by differences in personality. Nevertheless, personality traits …

, and personality traits explain these firm-level differences in helping and antisocial behavior in the workplace. Our … experimental games by prior research. Together, the results corroborate the importance of both leadership quality and workforce …

This paper explores the effect of personality traits on: (1) the willingness to make risk-taking decisions on behalf of …