Abstract
Although both economists and psychologists seek to identify determinants of heterogeneity in behavior, they use different concepts to capture them. In this review, we first analyze the extent to which economic preferences and psychological concepts of personality, such as the Big Five and locus of control, are related. We analyze data from incentivized laboratory experiments and representative samples and find only low degrees of association between economic preferences and personality. We then regress life outcomes (such as labor market success, health status, and life satisfaction) simultaneously on preference and personality measures. The analysis reveals that the two concepts are rather complementary when it comes to explaining heterogeneity in important life outcomes and behavior.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Keywords: | Big Five;locus of control;risk preference;social preferences;time preference |
| Faculties: | Economics |
| Subjects: | 100 Philosophy and Psychology > 150 Psychology 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics |
| Place of Publication: | Palo Alto |
| Language: | English |
| Item ID: | 68610 |
| Date Deposited: | 29. Aug 2019, 12:08 |
| Last Modified: | 04. Nov 2020, 13:51 |
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