TY - RPRT AU - Borghans, Lex AU - Duckworth, Angela Lee AU - Heckman, James J. AU - Weel, Bas ter TI - The Economics and Psychology of Personality Traits PY - 2008/Feb/ PB - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) CY - Bonn T2 - IZA Discussion Paper IS - 3333 UR - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp3333 AB - This paper explores the interface between personality psychology and economics. We examine the predictive power of personality and the stability of personality traits over the life cycle. We develop simple analytical frameworks for interpreting the evidence in personality psychology and suggest promising avenues for future research. KW - lifecycle effects KW - personality traits ER -