TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.
AU  - Schurer, Stefanie
        TI  - The Stability of Big-Five Personality Traits
        PY  - 2011/Aug/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 5943
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp5943
        AB  - We use a large, nationally-representative sample of working-age adults to demonstrate that personality (as measured by the Big Five) is stable over a four-year period. Average personality changes are small and do not vary substantially across age groups. Intra-individual personality change is generally unrelated to experiencing adverse life events and is unlikely to be economically meaningful. Like other non-cognitive traits, personality can be modeled as a stable input into many economic decisions.
        KW  - non-cognitive skills
KW  - Big-Five personality traits
KW  - stability
        ER  -