Personality traits, intra-household allocation and the gender wage gap

Christopher J. Flinn, Petra E. Todd, Weilong Zhang

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    Abstract

    A model of how personality traits affect household time and resource allocation decisions and wages is developed and estimated. In the model, households choose between two behavioral modes: cooperative or noncooperative. Spouses receive wage offers and allocate time to supplying labor market hours and to producing a public good. Personality traits, measured by the so-called Big Five traits, can affect household bargaining weights and wage offers. Model parameters are estimated by Simulated Method of Moments using the Household Income and Labor Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) data. Personality traits are found to be important determinants of household bargaining weights and of wage offers and to have substantial implications for understanding the sources of gender wage disparities.

    Original languageEnglish (US)
    Pages (from-to)191-220
    Number of pages30
    JournalEuropean Economic Review
    Volume109
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Oct 2018

    Keywords

    • Gender wage differentials
    • Household bargaining
    • Personality and economic outcomes
    • Time allocations

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Finance
    • Economics and Econometrics

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