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 …

NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES INTEGRATING PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY INTO
ECONOMICS James J. Heckman Working Paper 17378 http://www.nber Page 1 NBER WORKING …

This paper synthesizes recent research in economics and psychology on the measurement
and empirical importance of personality skills and preferences. They predict and cause …

This chapter explores the power of personality traits both as predictors and as causes of
academic and economic success, health, and criminal activity. Measured personality is …

We sketch a framework for exploring the overlap between, and integration of, personality/
temperament/character traits and economics. This integrative framework incorporates the …

Although both economists and psychologists seek to identify determinants of heterogeneity
in behavior, they use different concepts to capture them. In this review, we first analyze the …

Abstract Models of economic decision-making usually assume that personality is stable over
time. We assess the validity of this assumption over an eight-year time frame in adolescence …

Economics implicitly assumes that the marginal utility of income is independent of an
individual's personality. We show that this is wrong. This is the first demonstration that there …

The notion of person-environment fit implies that personal and contextual factors interact in
influencing important life outcomes. Using data from 8,458 employed individuals, we …

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of personality dimensions on wage
settings. The study was inspired by the model proposed by Bowles, Gintis, and Osborne …