traits, in particular personality, and the formation and dissolution of marital and cohabiting partnerships. Changing …, relationships between personality traits and the probability of marriage are identical for men and women, which is consistent with … marriage is associated with distinctly different personality profiles for older men and older women, suggesting that gender …

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 …

Personality questionnaires have been used and can be used to predict behavior in economic settings. Using two sets of … state-of-the-art measures from personality psychology (the Big Six) and social psychology (Social Value Orientation), we …

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

than men (e.g., Gneezy et al.(2003), Niederle and Vesterlund (2007)). In this paper, we use personality variables to … understand the underlying motives of women (and men) to enter a competition or avoid it. We use the Big Five personality factors …

understand the underlying motives of women (and men) toenter a competition or avoid it. We use the Big Five personality factors …