| 来源类型 | Discussion paper
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| 规范类型 | 论文
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| 来源ID | DP17241
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| DP17241 Peers Affect Personality Development |
| Xiaoyue Shan; Ulf Zölitz
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| 发表日期 | 2022-04-23
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| 出版年 | 2022
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| 语种 | 英语
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| 摘要 | Do the people around us influence our personality? To answer this question, we conduct an experiment with 543 university students who we randomly assign to study groups. Our results show that students become more similar to their peers along several dimensions. Students with more competitive peers become more competitive, students with more open-minded peers become more open-minded, and students with more conscientious peers become more conscientious. We see no significant effects of peers’ extraversion, agreeableness, or neuroticism. To explain these results, we propose a simple model of personality development under the influence of peers. Consistent with the model’s prediction, personality spillovers are concentrated in traits predictive of performance. Students adopt personality traits that are productive in the university context from their peers. Our findings highlight that socialization with peers can influence personality development. |
| 主题 | Labour Economics
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| 关键词 | Personality
Malleability
Peer effects
Experiment
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| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp17241
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| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom)
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物
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| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/546248
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GB/T 7714 |
Xiaoyue Shan,Ulf Zölitz. DP17241 Peers Affect Personality Development. 2022.
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