How Cognitive Ability and Personality Traits Affect Geographic Mobility
利用挪威1932-33年出生男性数据，分析认知能力、社交性和适应性对劳动力市场迁移概率的影响，发现适应性和认知能力是显著预测因素，适应性对低认知或低社会经济背景者影响更强。
Noncognitive characteristics and personality traits can be strong predictors of economic and social outcomes of individuals. In this paper, using data on cognitive ability and psychologist-assessed “sociability” and “adaptability” linked to administrative data for the male 1932–33 birth cohort in Norway, we analyze how these three characteristics affect men’s probability to migrate across labor markets. We find that higher adaptability, the capacity to adjust to new environments and situations, and higher cognitive ability are significant predictors of the probability to migrate. Adaptability is a particularly strong migration predictor for individuals with low cognitive ability or low socioeconomic background.