John, Katrin; Thomsen, Stephan - In: Empirical Economics 47 (2014) 2, pp. 553-592
We analyze the role of personality in occupational choice and wages using data from Germany for the years 1992 to 2009. Characterizing personality by use of seven complementary measures (Big Five personality traits, locus of control, and a measure of reciprocity), the empirical findings show...