The stability of big-five personality traits

We demonstrate that Big-Five personality traits are stable for working-age adults over a four-year period. Mean population changes are small and constant across age groups. Intra-individual changes are generally unrelated to adverse life events and are not economically meaningful.

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Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. ; Schurer, Stefanie
Published in:	Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 115.2012, 1, p. 11-15
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Non-cognitive skills \| Big-five personality traits \| Stability \| Wages

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Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	J3 - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs ; c18
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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