AI Personality Extraction from Faces: Labor Market Implications

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6.8 / 10 NBER

Authors: Marius Guenzel, Shimon Kogan, Marina Niessner, Kelly Shue

Published: 2026-02-25 · View on NBER · PDF

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Abstract

Human capitalencompassing cognitive skills and personality traitsis central for labor-market success, yet personality remains difficult to measure at scale. Leveraging advances in AI and comprehensive LinkedIn microdata, we extract the Big 5 personality traits from facial images of 96,000 MBA

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