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 …

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 relationship between personality traits in adolescence and education and labour market … unconfoundedness, of multiple personality traits at the same time (Wooldridge, Econometric Analysis of Cross Section and Panel Data … influence personality. Our results show that individuals that display low effort and diligence, low self-esteem, and external …

higher levels of FLA. The association between gender and FLA, however, is a reflection of gender differences in personality …; personality mediates most of this relationship. Individuals who are highly emotional or conscientious - dimensions for which males … stronger for women; that is, gender also acts as moderator to the personality-FLA relationship. …