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The Economics and Psychology of Personality Traits

Lex Borghans, Angela Lee Duckworth, James J. Heckman and Bas ter Weel
Journal of Human Resources, October 2008, 43 (4) 972-1059; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.43.4.972
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