The impact of personality traits on wage growth and the gender wage gap

Konrad Schäfer; Jörg Schwiebert

doi:10.1111/boer.12115

The impact of personality traits on wage growth and the gender wage gap

Konrad Schäfer
, Jörg Schwiebert

Leibniz Universität Hannover

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Abstract

This paper considers the impact of personality traits on the change of the gender wage gap. Using data from the German Socioeconomic Panel (SOEP), we first explore how personality traits affect wage growth rates. Then, a decomposition analysis is performed to analyse the dynamic effects of personality traits on the change of the gender wage gap over time. Our empirical results indicate that gender differences in conscientiousness and emotional stability lead to a widening of the wage gap over time. By contrast, gender differences in extraversion lead to a narrowing of the wage gap over time.

Originalsprache	Englisch
Zeitschrift	Bulletin of Economic Research
Jahrgang	70
Ausgabenummer	1
Seiten (von - bis)	20-34
Seitenumfang	15
ISSN	0307-3378
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/boer.12115
Publikationsstatus	Erschienen - 01.2018

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