Labour market integration is a social process suggesting that personality traits are relevant. This paper explores …

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 …

facets of personality we investigate encompass time preferences, risk preferences, and altruism that are important …We show that parental socioeconomic status (SES) is a powerful predictor of many facets of a child's personality. The … quality of time parents spend with their children, parenting style, the mother's IQ and economic preferences, a child …

scores and measures of personality (locus of control, reciprocity, Big Five) for brothers and sisters. Using a Restricted …. Sibling correlations of personality traits range from 0.24 to 0.59, indicating that even for the lowest estimate, one fourth …

Does growing up with a sister rather than a brother affect personality? In this paper, we provide a comprehensive … analysis of the effects of siblings’ gender on adults’ personality, using data from 85,887 people from 12 large representative …, China, and Indonesia). We investigated the personality traits risk tolerance, trust, patience, locus of control, and the Big …

Does growing up with a sister rather than a brother affect personality? In this paper, we provide a comprehensive … analysis of the effects of siblings' gender on adults' personality, using data from 85,887 people from 12 large representative …, China, and Indonesia). We investigated the personality traits risk tolerance, trust, patience, locus of control, and the Big …

Economic preferences - like time, risk and social preferences - have been shown to be very influential for real … that has examined how and when economic preferences are formed, putting particular emphasis on the role of … intergenerational transmission of economic preferences within families. Our paper is the first to run incentivized experiments with …

This paper explores inequalities in IQ and economic preferences between children from high and low socio … investments as well as maternal IQ and economic preferences influence a child's IQ and preferences. Within this framework, we … SES gaps in economic preferences and, to a lesser extent, IQ. In light of the importance of IQ and preferences for …