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American Economic Review

ISSN 0002-8282 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7981 (Online)

Incentive-Enhancing Preferences: Personality, Behavior, and Earnings

  • Samuel Bowles
  • Herbert Gintis
  • Melissa Osborne
American Economic Review
vol. 91, no. 2, May 2001
(pp. 155–158)
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Citation

Bowles, Samuel, Herbert Gintis, and Melissa Osborne. 2001. "Incentive-Enhancing Preferences: Personality, Behavior, and Earnings." American Economic Review, 91 (2): 155–158. DOI: 10.1257/aer.91.2.155

JEL Classification

  • J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
  • M54 Personnel Economics: Labor Management