Template-type: ReDif-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Borghans Lex Author-Name: Lee Duckworth Angela Author-Name: Heckman James J. Author-Name: Weel Bas ter Author-workplace-name: ROA rm Title: The Economics and Psychology of Personality Traits Abstract: This paper explores the interface between personality psychology andeconomics. We examine the predictive power of personality and the stability ofpersonality traits over the life cycle. We develop simple analytical frameworksfor interpreting the evidence in personality psychology and suggest promisingavenues for future research. Keywords: education, training and the labour market; Series: Research Memoranda Creation-Date: 2008 Number: 001 File-URL: http://digitalarchive.maastrichtuniversity.nl/fedora/objects/guid:f4517e31-1e29-45d0-a960-6322da31ae8c/datastreams/ASSET1/content File-Format: application/pdf File-Size: 892537 Handle: RePEc:unm:umaror:2008001