TY  - JOUR
AU  - Borghans,Lex
AU  - Duckworth,Angela Lee
AU  - Heckman,James J.
AU  - Weel,Bas ter
TI  - The Economics and Psychology of Personality Traits
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 13810
PY  - 2008
Y2  - February 2008
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w13810
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w13810.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Lex Borghans
Department of Economics and ROA
Maastricht University
P.O. Box 616
NL-6200 MD Maastricht
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 43 3883620
E-Mail: lex.borghans@maastrichtuniversity.nl

Angela L. Duckworth
University of Pennsylvania
Department of Psychology
3701 Market St., Ste. 209
Philadelphia  PA  19104
E-Mail: duckwort@psych.upenn.edu

James J. Heckman
Department of Economics
The University of Chicago
1126 E. 59th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
Tel: 773/702-0634
Fax: 773/702-8490
E-Mail: jjh@uchicago.edu

Bas ter Weel
Department of International Economics
CPB Netherlands Bureau
for Economic Policy Analysis
P.O.Box 80510
2508 GM Den Haag
The Netherlands
E-Mail: b.ter.weel@cpb.nl
AB  - This paper explores the interface between personality psychology and economics.  We examine the predictive power of personality and the stability of personality traits over the life cycle.  We develop simple analytical frameworks for interpreting the evidence in personality psychology and suggest promising avenues for future research.
ER  -