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 …