TY  - JOUR
A1  - Orland, Andreas
T1  - Personality traits and the perception of macroeconomic indicators
BT  - Survey Evidence
JF  - Bulletin of Economic Research
N2  - I examine the determinants of both perceived inflation and unemployment in one single survey and include Big Five traits in the analysis. This is the first survey on this topic in Germany. My sample consists of 1771 students from different fields and levels. Using PhD students’ estimates as a reference, I create categories for underestimation and overestimation of both variables. Multinomial logit regressions show that females overestimate both variables. Education and news consumption reduce misestimation. A higher level of Neuroticism is related with a higher probability to overestimate unemployment. Overstating (understating) one indicator is associated with overstating (understating) the other.
KW  - cross-sectional heterogeneity
KW  - inflation perception
KW  - personality traits
KW  - unemployment perception
Y1  - 2016
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1111/boer.12110
SN  - 0307-3378
SN  - 1467-8586
VL  - 69
IS  - 4
SP  - E150
EP  - E172
PB  - Wiley
CY  - Hoboken
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Brandt, Naemi D.
A1  - Becker, Michael
A1  - Tetzner, Julia
A1  - Brunner, Martin
A1  - Kuhl, Poldi
A1  - Maaz, Kai
T1  - Personality across the lifespan exploring measurement invariance of a short Big Five Inventory from ages 11 to 84
JF  - European journal of psychological assessment
N2  - Personality is a relevant predictor for important life outcomes across the entire lifespan. Although previous studies have suggested the comparability of the measurement of the Big Five personality traits across adulthood, the generalizability to childhood is largely unknown. The present study investigated the structure of the Big Five personality traits assessed with the Big Five Inventory-SOEP Version (BFI-S; SOEP = Socio-Economic Panel) across a broad age range spanning 11-84 years. We used two samples of N = 1,090 children (52% female, M-age = 11.87) and N = 18,789 adults (53% female, M-age = 51.09), estimating a multigroup CFA analysis across four age groups (late childhood: 11-14 years; early adulthood: 17-30 years; middle adulthood: 31-60 years; late adulthood: 61-84 years). Our results indicated the comparability of the personality trait metric in terms of general factor structure, loading patterns, and the majority of intercepts across all age groups. Therefore, the findings suggest both a reliable assessment of the Big Five personality traits with the BFI-S even in late childhood and a vastly comparable metric across age groups.
KW  - personality traits
KW  - measurement invariance
KW  - ESEM
KW  - lifespan
KW  - late
KW  - childhood
Y1  - 2018
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000490
SN  - 1015-5759
SN  - 2151-2426
VL  - 36
IS  - 1
SP  - 162
EP  - 173
PB  - Hogrefe
CY  - Göttingen
ER  -