Inequality in Personality over the Life Cycle
Publikation: Working paper › Forskning
We describe gender and socioeconomic inequalities in the Big Five personality traits over the life cycle, using a facet-level inventory linked to administrative data. We estimate life-cycle profiles non-parametrically and test for cohort and sampleselection effects. We discuss the economic implications of the following findings: Women of all ages score more highly than men on all personality traits, including three that are positively associated with wages; Individuals with high own or parental education have more favorable traits except Conscientiousness; Over the life cycle, gender and socioeconomic gaps widen in Openness and shrink in Neuroticism, a trait associated with worse outcomes.
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Antal sider | 58 |
DOI | |
Status | Udgivet - 12 jun. 2020 |
Navn | IZA Discussion Paper |
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Nummer | 13378 |
- Inequality; socio-emotional skills; personality traits; Big Five facets; life cycle dynamics; gender gap; intergenerational transmission
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