TY - UNPB
T1 - Inequality in Personality over the Life Cycle
AU - Gensowski, Miriam
AU - Gørtz, Mette
AU - Schurer, Stefanie
PY - 2020/6/12
Y1 - 2020/6/12
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Inequality; socio-emotional skills; personality traits; Big Five facets; life cycle dynamics; gender gap; intergenerational transmission
U2 - 10.2139/ssrn.3605362
DO - 10.2139/ssrn.3605362
M3 - Working paper
T3 - CEBI Working Paper Series
BT - Inequality in Personality over the Life Cycle
ER -