The stability of big-five personality traits

Arbeitspapier

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.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 5943

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; Methodological Issues: General
• Subject: non-cognitive skills ; Big-Five personality traits ; stability ; Kognition ; Qualifikation ; Persönlichkeitspsychologie

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. ; Schurer, Stefanie
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2011

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/55111
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-201109288861
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET