The Economics and Psychology of Personality Traits

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The Economics and Psychology of Personality Traits

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Borghans Lex
Lee Duckworth Angela
Heckman James J.
Weel Bas ter (ROA rm)

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This paper explores the interface between personality psychology andeconomics. We examine the predictive power of personality and the stability ofpersonality traits over the life cycle. We develop simple analytical frameworksfor interpreting the evidence in personality psychology and suggest promisingavenues for future research.

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Paper provided by Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market in its series Research Memoranda with number 001.

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Date of creation: 2008
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Article
- Lex Borghans & Angela Lee Duckworth & James J. Heckman & Bas ter Weel, 2008. "The Economics and Psychology of Personality Traits," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 43(4). [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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- Lex Borghans & Angela Lee Duckworth & James J. Heckman & Bas ter Weel, 2008. "The Economics and Psychology of Personality Traits," Working Papers 200827, Geary Institute, University College Dublin. [Downloadable!]
- Borghans, Lex & Duckworth, Angela Lee & Heckman, James J. & Weel, Bas ter, 2008. "The Economics and Psychology of Personality Traits," UNU-MERIT Working Paper Series 010, United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and social Research and training centre on Innovation and Technology. [Downloadable!]
- Lex Borghans & Angela Lee Duckworth & James J. Heckman & Bas ter Weel, 2008. "The Economics and Psychology of Personality Traits," NBER Working Papers 13810, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
- Borghans, Lex & Duckworth, Angela Lee & Heckman, James J. & ter Weel, Bas, 2008. "The Economics and Psychology of Personality Traits," IZA Discussion Papers 3333, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]

This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:

NEP-ALL-2008-03-08 (All new papers)
NEP-CBE-2008-03-08 (Cognitive & Behavioural Economics)
NEP-HRM-2008-03-08 (Human Capital & Human Resource Management)
NEP-LAB-2008-03-08 (Labour Economics)
NEP-PKE-2008-03-08 (Post Keynesian Economics)

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