Deckers, Thomas; Falk, Armin; Kosse, Fabian; … - 2014 - November 11, 2013
We show that parental socioeconomic 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 that are important …'s initial conditions at birth, and family structure. Personality profiles that vary systematically with parental SES off er an …