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The economics and psychology of personality traits

This paper explores the interface between personality psychology and economics. We examine the predictive power of personality and the stability of personality traits over the life cycle. We develop simple analytical frameworks for interpreting the evidence in personality psychology and suggest promising avenues for future research.

This paper explores the interface between personality psychology and economics. We examine the predictive power of ...  Show Full Abstract  

Authors: Borghans, Lex; Duckworth, Angela Lee; Heckman, James J.;
Weel, Bas ter show more

Date: 2008
Journal title: Journal of human resources
Resource type: Article
Subjects: Research; Economics

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