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Personality psychology and economics

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Almlund, Mathilde; Duckworth, Angela Lee; Heckman, James J. - 2011

This paper explores the power of personality traits both as predictors and as causes of academic and economic success, health, and criminal activity. Measured personality is interpreted as a construct derived from an economic model of preferences, constraints, and information. Evidence is...