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Interregional mobility and the personality traits of migrants
Author(s) -
Crown Daniel,
Gheasi Masood,
Faggian Alessandra
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
papers in regional science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.937
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1435-5957
pISSN - 1056-8190
DOI - 10.1111/pirs.12516
Subject(s) - agreeableness , big five personality traits , openness to experience , hierarchical structure of the big five , conscientiousness , big five personality traits and culture , extraversion and introversion , psychology , personality , alternative five model of personality , unobservable , social psychology , econometrics , economics
This paper estimates whether individual personality traits, which are typically unobservable in survey data, influence the propensity to engage in interregional migration. We examine the big‐five personality traits: extraversion, openness to experience, conscientiousness, agreeableness, and emotional stability. We find that individuals with higher levels of extraversion and openness to experience are more likely to migrate. Moreover, individuals with low levels of agreeableness and emotional stability are more likely to migrate multiple times. Overall, our results show that personality traits are significant factors in the migration decision.