IZA Discussion Papers

published as 'Personality traits, working conditions and health: an empirical analysis based on the German Linked Personnel Panel, 2013 - 2017 ' in: Review of Managerial Science, 2022, 16, 283 - 318

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12488

Self-Control: Determinants, Life Outcomes and Intergenerational Implications

Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Sarah C. Dahmann, Daniel A. Kamhöfer, Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch

updated version published as 'The Predictive Power of Self-Control for Life Outcomes' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2022, 197, 725-744

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12444

Personality Traits, Migration Intentions, and Cultural Distance

Didier Fouarge, Merve Nezihe Özer, Philipp K. Seegers

published in: Papers in Regional Science, 98(6), 2425-2454.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11881

Personality Traits and Household Consumption Choices

Lucia Mangiavacchi, Luca Piccoli, Chiara Rapallini

published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy 2021, 21 (2), 433-468

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11880

Prediction Based on Entrepreneurship-Prone Personality Profiles: Sometimes Worse Than the Toss of a Coin

Alexander Konon, Alexander S. Kritikos

published in: Small Business Economics, 2019, 53 (1), 1â€“20

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11756

Behind Every High Earning Man Is a Conscientious Woman: A Study of the Impact of Spousal Personality on Wages

Susan L. Averett, Cynthia Bansak, Julie K. Smith

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11578

Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills, Hiring Channels, and Wages in Bangladesh

Anne Hilger, Christophe Jalil Nordman, Leopold Sarr

forthcoming as 'Which Skills Matter for What Type of Worker? Cognitive Skills, Personality Traits, Hiring Channels, and Wages in Bangladesh', in: Indian Journal of Human Development, 2022

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11566

The Effect of Religiosity on Adolescent Risky Behaviors

Silvia Mendolia, Alfredo R. Paloyo, Ian Walker

published in as 'Intrinsic Religiosity, Personality Traits, and Adolescent Risky Behaviors' in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2019, 19 (3), 1-16

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11449

Survey Item-Response Behavior as an Imperfect Proxy for Unobserved Ability: Theory and Application

Sonja C. de New, Stefanie Schurer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11414

Is Personality Endogenous? Evidence from Ireland

Irene Mosca, Robert E. Wright

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11213

Socioemotional Skills, Education, and Health-Related Outcomes of High-Ability Individuals

Peter A. Savelyev, Kegon T.K. Tan

forthcoming in: American Journal of Health Economics

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11044

Gender Differences in the Development of Other-Regarding Preferences

Katrin John, Stephan L. Thomsen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10701

Cognitive, Socioemotional and Behavioral Returns to College Quality

Utteeyo Dasgupta, Subha Mani, Smriti Sharma, Saurabh Singhal

Forthcoming as 'Effects of Peers and Rank on Cognition, Preferences, and Personality' in: Review of Economics and Statistics

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10672

Occupation and Gender

Patricia Cortes, Jessica Pan

published in: Susan L. Averett, Laura M. Argys and Saul D. Hoffman (eds.), Oxford Handbook on the Economics of Women, 2018

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10563

Does Birth Spacing Affect Personality?

Bart H.H. Golsteyn, Cécile A. J. Magnée

published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2017, 60, 92-108

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10562

Challenges in Research on Preferences and Personality Traits: Measurement, Stability, and Inference

Bart H.H. Golsteyn, Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch

published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2017, 60, 1-6.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10561

Involuntary Job Loss and Changes in Personality Traits

Silke Anger, Georg Camehl, Frauke Peter

published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2017, 60, 71-91,

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10560

Born to Lead? The Effect of Birth Order on Non-Cognitive Abilities

Sandra E. Black, Erik Grönqvist, Björn Öckert

forthcoming in: Review of Economics and Statistics

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10538

Origins of Adulthood Personality: The Role of Adverse Childhood Experiences

Jason M. Fletcher, Stefanie Schurer

forthcoming in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2017, 17(2).

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10518

Using Response Times to Measure Strategic Complexity and the Value of Thinking in Games

David Gill, Victoria L. Prowse

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10407

Locus of Control and Investment in Risky Assets

Nicolás Salamanca, Andries de Grip, Didier Fouarge, Raymond Montizaan

revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 177, 548-568

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10397

On the Interpretation of Non-Cognitive Skills: What Is Being Measured and Why It Matters

John Eric Humphries, Fabian Kosse

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10359

Labor Outcomes during the Transition from Adolescence to Adulthood: The Role of Personality, Cognition, and Shocks in Madagascar

David E. Sahn, Kira M. Villa

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10356

What Grades and Achievement Tests Measure

Lex Borghans, Bart H.H. Golsteyn, James J. Heckman, John Eric Humphries

published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS), 2016, 113 (47), 13354-13359

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10337

Personality and Mental Health: The Role and Substitution Effect of Emotional Stability and Conscientiousness

Caroline Wehner, Trudie Schils, Lex Borghans

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9805

Born Entrepreneur? Adolescents' Personality Characteristics and Self-Employment in Adulthood

Jutta Viinikainen, Guido Heineck, Petri Böckerman, Mirka Hintsanen, Olli Raitakari, Jaakko Pehkonen

published in: Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 2017, 8, 9-12

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9768

Homo Moralis: Personal Characteristics, Institutions, and Moral Decision-Making

Thomas Deckers, Armin Falk, Fabian Kosse, Nora Szech

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9768

Homo Moralis: Personal Characteristics, Institutions, and Moral Decision-Making

Thomas Deckers, Armin Falk, Fabian Kosse, Nora Szech

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9765

Eliciting Risk Preferences: Firefighting in the Field

Utteeyo Dasgupta, Subha Mani, Smriti Sharma, Saurabh Singhal

published as 'Internal and external validity: Comparing two simple risk elicitation tasks' in: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2019, 81, 39 - 46

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9628

Personality Traits and the Evaluation of Start-Up Subsidies

Marco Caliendo, Steffen Künn, Martin Weißenberger

published in: European Economic Review, 2016, 86, 87-108

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9584

Do They Find You on Facebook? Facebook Profile Picture and Hiring Chances

Stijn Baert

revised version published as 'Facebook profile picture appearance affects recruiterd first hiring decisions' in: New Media & Society, 2018, 20 (3), 1220 - 1239

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9403

Beyond Qualifications: Returns to Cognitive and Socio-Emotional Skills in Colombia

Pablo A. Acosta, Noel Muller, Miguel Sarzosa

published as 'Adults' Cognitive and Socioemotional Skills and Their Labor Market Outcomes in Colombia' in: Revista de Economia del Rosario, 2020, 23 (1), 109-148.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9334

Individual Poverty Paths and the Stability of Control-Perception

Hendrik Thiel, Stephan L. Thomsen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9318

Charitable Behaviour and the Big Five Personality Traits: Evidence from UK Panel Data

Sarah Brown, Karl Taylor

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9132

Cognitive, Non-Cognitive Skills and Gender Wage Gaps: Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data in Bangladesh

Christophe Jalil Nordman, Leopold Sarr, Smriti Sharma

published as 'Skills, Personality Traits and Gender Wage Gaps: Evidence from Bangladesh' in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2019, 71(3), 687-708

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8977

How Does Socio-Economic Status Shape a Child's Personality?

Thomas Deckers, Armin Falk, Fabian Kosse, Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8873

Do Universities Shape Their Students' Personality?

Stefanie Schurer, Sonja C. de New, Felix Leung

Oxford Economic Papers, 2018, 70(2), 538–562 (new title "University education and non-cognitive skill development"

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8873

Do Universities Shape Their Students' Personality?

Stefanie Schurer, Sonja C. de New, Felix Leung

Oxford Economic Papers, 2018, 70(2), 538–562 (new title "University education and non-cognitive skill development"

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8837

Life Satisfaction, Income and Personality

Eugenio Proto, Aldo Rustichini

published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2015, 48, 17-32

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8740

Do NEETs Need Grit?

Silvia Mendolia, Ian Walker

published in: IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 2015, 4:19

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8712

The Effect of Family Disruption on Children's Personality Development: Evidence from British Longitudinal Data

Tyas Prevoo, Bas ter Weel

published in: De Economist, 2015, 163 (1), 61-93

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8337

Unobservable, but Unimportant? The Influence of Personality Traits (and Other Usually Unobserved Variables) for the Evaluation of Labor Market Policies

Marco Caliendo, Robert Mahlstedt, Oscar A. Mitnik

substantially revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2017, 46, 14-25.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8308

Do Personality Traits Affect Productivity? Evidence from the Lab

Maria Cubel, Ana Nuevo-Chiquero, Santiago Sanchez-Pages, Marian Vidal-Fernández

published in: Economic Journal , 2016, 126 (592). 654–681

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8269

The Effect of Personality Traits on Subject Choice and Performance in High School: Evidence from an English Cohort

Silvia Mendolia, Ian Walker

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2014, 43 , 47-65

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8239

Intrinsic Motivations of Public Sector Employees: Evidence for Germany

Robert Dur, Robin Zoutenbier

published in: German Economic Review, 2015, 16(3), 343-366

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8236

Cognitive Ability, Character Skills, and Learning to Play Equilibrium: A Level-k Analysis

David Gill, Victoria L. Prowse

published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2016, 124 (6), 1619-1676

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8235

Personality, IQ, and Lifetime Earnings

Miriam Gensowski

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8201

Gender Gaps in Primary School Achievement: A Decomposition into Endowments and Returns to IQ and Non-cognitive Factors

Bart H.H. Golsteyn, Trudie Schils

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2014, 41, 176-187

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7894

The Individual and Joint Performance of Economic Preferences, Personality, and Self-Control in Predicting Criminal Behavior

Tim Friehe, Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch

forthcoming in: European Journal of Law and Economics, 2017.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7847

Better Sexy than Flexy? A Lab Experiment Assessing the Impact of Perceived Attractiveness and Personality Traits on Hiring Decisions

Stijn Baert, Lynn Decuypere

revised version published in: Applied Economics Letters , 2014, 21 (9), 597 - 601

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7537

The Importance of Early Conscientiousness for Socio-Economic Outcomes: Evidence from the British Cohort Study

Tyas Prevoo, Bas ter Weel

published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2015, 67 (4), 918-948

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7510

Neighbourhood Effects on Migrant Youth's Educational Commitments: An Enquiry into Personality Differences

Jaap Nieuwenhuis, Pieter Hooimeijer, Maarten van Ham, Wim Meeus

published in: [Urban Studies], 2016.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7432

Bullying at School and Labour Market Outcomes

Nick Drydakis

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2014, 35 (8), 1185-1211

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7305

The College Type: Personality and Educational Inequality

Shelly Lundberg

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7301

The Effect of Non-Cognitive Traits on Health Behaviours in Adolescence

Silvia Mendolia, Ian Walker

published in: Health Economics, 2014, 23 (9), 1146-1158

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7165

Time Preferences and Lifetime Outcomes

Bart H.H. Golsteyn, Hans Grönqvist, Lena Lindahl

published as 'Adolescent Time Preferences Predict Lifetime Outcomes' in: Economic Journal, 2014, 124 (580), F739-F761

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7040

Understanding the Mechanisms Through Which an Influential Early Childhood Program Boosted Adult Outcomes

James J. Heckman, Rodrigo Pinto, Peter A. Savelyev

published in: American Economic Review, 2013, 103 (6), 2052-86

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6943

Personality Traits and the Marriage Market

Arnaud Dupuy, Alfred Galichon

published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2014, 122 (6), 1271-1319.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6750

Toward the Integration of Personality Theory and Decision Theory in the Explanation of Economic and Health Behavior

Aldo Rustichini, Colin G. DeYoung, Jon E. Anderson, Stephen V. Burks

revised version published as "Toward the Integration of Personality Theory and Decision Theory in the Explanation of Economic Behavior" in: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Vol. 64, October, 2016, pp. 122-137.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6645

Strengthening State Capabilities: The Role of Financial Incentives in the Call to Public Service

Ernesto Dal Bó, Frederico S. Finan, Martín A. Rossi

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6580

Hard Evidence on Soft Skills

James J. Heckman, Tim Kautz

published in: Labour Economics, 2012, 19 (4), 451-464

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6419

Income Comparisons and Non-Cognitive Skills

Santiago Budría, Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell

forthcoming in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2017

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6391

The Effects of Personality Traits on Adult Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from Siblings

Jason M. Fletcher

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2013, 89, 122–135

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6278

Revisiting the Complementarity between Education and Training: The Role of Personality, Working Tasks and Firm Effects

Katja Görlitz, Marcus Tamm

revised version published as 'Revisiting the Complementarity between Education and Training: The Role of Job Tasks and Firm Effects' in: Education Economics, 2016, 24(3), 261-279

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6191

Household Finances and the 'Big Five' Personality Traits

Sarah Brown, Karl Taylor

published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2014, 45, 197-212

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6131

Can Money Change Who We Are? Estimating the Effects of Unearned Income on Measures of Incentive-Enhancing Personality Traits

Nattavudh Powdthavee, Christopher J. Boyce, Alex M. Wood

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6090

A Critique and Reframing of Personality in Labour Market Theory: Locus of Control and Labour Market Outcomes

Eileen Trzcinski, Elke Holst

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5950

Integrating Personality Psychology into Economics

James J. Heckman

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5943

The Stability of Big-Five Personality Traits

Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Stefanie Schurer

published in: Economics Letters, 2012, 115 (1), 11-15

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5790

Searching for the Entrepreneurial Personality: New Evidence and Avenues for Further Research

Marco Caliendo, Alexander S. Kritikos

published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2012, 33 (2), 319-324

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5749

The Intergenerational Transmission of Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills During Adolescence and Young Adulthood

Silke Anger

revised version published as 'Intergenerational Transmission of Cognitive and Noncognitive Skills' in: John Ermisch, Markus Jäntti, and Timothy Smeeding (eds.), From Parents to Children: The Intergenerational Transmission of Advantage, Russell Sage Foundation, New York, 2012, 393 - 421

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5684

Managerial Valuation of Applicant Credentials and Personal Traits in Hiring Decisions

James R. Jones, Catherine Y. Co, James K. Harter, Myeong-Su Yun

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5605

Identification Problems in Personality Psychology

Lex Borghans, Bart H.H. Golsteyn, James J. Heckman, John Eric Humphries

published in: Personality and Individual Differences, 2011, 51 (3), 315-320

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5566

Personality Characteristics and the Decision to Become and Stay Self-Employed

Marco Caliendo, Frank M. Fossen, Alexander S. Kritikos

revised version published in: Small Business Economics, 2014, 42 (4), 787-814

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5500