The contribution of this dissertation is twofold. First, it aims to advance existing knowledge on the role of personality traits in explaining work-related outcomes. The focus of this first contribution lies on the effect that different personality traits have on actual career transitions, such...

The book ”Capital in the 21. Century” by Piketty (2014) marked the peak of attention for the topic of income inequality and spread awareness on the importance of ongoing research. During my master thesis, I had worked on decomposition methods for labor earnings. Motivated by this development...