This paper proposes a method for empirically mapping psychological personality traits to economic preferences. Careful … consistent rational choices using four factors related to cognitive ability and three of the Big Five personality traits. True …

The Big Five model is widely used to measure and analyse personality traits in developed countries. However, there … exist concerns regarding its validity in developing countries. We use a novel data set on personality traits from rural … personality traits in rural Southeast Asia. …

certain personality traits, have higher life and health satisfaction, longer life expectancy, generate more inventions and …

This paper studies whether sibling gender affects personality traits. We use the idea that if parents decide to have a …-born sibling's gender and the first sibling's personality traits is causal. We employ longitudinal data from a large British cohort … which is followed from birth onwards. The dataset includes personality traits at age 10 and 16. Our main result is that …

Five personality traits. The analysis reveals that these factors are only of minor relevance in comparison to financial …