of education. By now research recognizes cognitive skills (as measured by achievement tests) and soft skills (personality …

There is an increasing economic literature considering personality. This paper provides an overview on the role of …. Based on the relevant literature from different disciplines, the common psychometric measures used to assess personality are … discussed. A recently proposed theoretical framework of human capital production takes personality explicitly into account. It …

There is an increasing economic literature considering personality traits as a source of individual differences in … disciplines, the common psychometric measures used to assess personality are discussed and critical assumptions for their … application are highlighted. We sketch current research that aims at incorporating personality traits into economic models of …

preferences can explain our findings. Analyses exploiting within province, village level variation in gender attitudes confirm the … importance of parental gender preferences. Consequently, large scale programs can have positive (and possibly) unintended effects … on gender equality in societies where boy preferences are important. …

preferences can explain our findings. Analyses exploiting within the province, village-level variation in gender attitudes confirm … the importance of parental gender preferences. Consequently, large scale programs can have positive (and possibly …

This paper investigates the relationship between time preferences and lifetime social and economic behavior. We use a … Swedish longitudinal dataset that links information from a large survey on children's time preferences at age 13 to … relationship between time preferences and long-run outcomes operates through early human capital investments. …