This paper investigates the relationship between personality traits in adolescence and health behaviours using a large … adolescent and family characteristics and we find that personality traits do affect health behaviours. In particular, individuals …

This paper investigates the relationship between personality traits in adolescence and performance in high school using … control for a rich set of adolescent and family characteristics and we find that personality traits do affect study choices … subjects' choices and, the unobservables that influence personality. …

specific personality traits and cognition on a sequence of labor market outcomes for a sample of Malagasy individuals as they …, labor market sectoral selection, and within sector earnings. The personality traits we examine are the Big Five Personality … personality, as well as cognitive test scores, affect these outcomes of interest, and that their impact on labor supply is, in …

measured into underlying personality traits and economic preferences. We demonstrate that the construction of the non …

We study the effect of birth order on personality traits among men using population data on enlistment records and … ability and the Big Five personality traits. Finally, we find a significant role of sex composition within the family. Later …

preferences, and Big Five personality. We find that enrolling in a selective college improves only females' exam scores. Further …

We show that socio-economic status (SES) is a powerful predictor of many facets of a child's personality. The facets of … personality we investigate encompass time preferences, risk preferences, and altruism, as well as crystallized and fluid IQ. We …'s personality by documenting that many dimensions of a child's environment differ systematically by SES: parenting style, quantity …