Cobb-Clark, DeborahSchurer, Stefanie2011-09-232022-07-052011-09-232022-07-0520112011https://ir.wgtn.ac.nz/handle/123456789/18601We 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.pdfen-NZnon-cognitive skillsBig-Five personality traitsstabilitywagesTextwww.vuw.ac.nz/sef