qualifications in comparable professions. While differences in personality structure are virtually nonexistent, homosexuals and …

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

We show that socio-economic status (SES) is a powerful predictor of many facets of a child's personality. The facets of … personality we investigate encompass time preferences, risk preferences, and altruism, as well as crystallized and fluid IQ. We …'s personality by documenting that many dimensions of a child's environment differ systematically by SES: parenting style, quantity …

Abstract In light of the recent interest in using longitudinal panel data to study personality development, it is … important to know if personality traits are related to panel attrition. We analyse the effects of personality on panel drop …

entrepreneurship literature has emphasised the important role of personality traits as predictors for start-up decisions and business … administrative-survey data allows us to incorporate usually unobserved personality measures in the evaluation and investigate their … that concerns about potential overestimation of programme effects in absence of personality measures might be less …

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 …

We show that socio-economic status (SES) is a powerful predictor of many facets of a child's personality. The facets of … personality we investigate encompass time preferences, risk preferences, and altruism, as well as crystallized and fluid IQ. We …'s personality by documenting that many dimensions of a child's environment differ systematically by SES: parenting style, quantity …