Flinn, Christopher JTodd, Petra EZhong, Weilong2023-05-232023-05-232018-10-012019-02-06https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/43594A model of how personality traits affect household time and resource allocation decisions and wages is developed and estimated. In the model, households choose between two behavioral modes: cooperative or noncooperative. Spouses receive wage offers and allocate time to supplying labor market hours and to producing a public good. Personality traits, measured by the so-called Big Five traits, can affect household bargaining weights and wage offers. Model parameters are estimated by Simulated Method of Moments using the Household Income and Labor Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) data. Personality traits are found to be important determinants of household bargaining weights and of wage offers and to have substantial implications for understanding the sources of gender wage disparities.Opinions and views are solely the responsibility of the authors. Weilong Zhang is a Ph.D. student in the U Penn economics department.Gender wage differentialsPersonality and economic outcomeshousehold bargainingtime allocationsEconomicsWorking Paper