Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/200633 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
Hannover Economic Papers (HEP) No. 621
Publisher: 
Leibniz Universität Hannover, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Hannover
Abstract: 
This paper shows that unemployment and (some) personality traits are related. Individuals with low scores in the Big Five dimensions conscientiousness and agreeableness have a higher probability of being unemployed, longer unemployment durations, and experience more status changes between employment and unemployment. Results suggests that personality is an important determinant of women's risk of unemployment, but for men personality is more a matter of job keeping.
Subjects: 
Noncognitive skills
Personality
Unemployment
Factor models
JEL: 
H53
D31
J64
C38
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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