This paper addresses personality psychological determinants of migration behaviour. Using pooled data of two related probability samples (GERPS and SOEP), we examined the association between the Big Five personality traits and the propensity to become internationally mobile. Relying on advanced pre‐processing methods that control for key socio‐demographic and economic determinants, our results show that migration propensity was significantly related to three of the Big Five personality traits. Moreover, we found gender‐specific and cultural differences (based on the language spoken in the destination country) in these relation for some of the Big Five dimensions. These results help to elucidate the process of a migration decision using a personality‐psychological perspective.

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移民与大五人格特质之间的关系：来自概率样本的证据

本文探讨了移民行为的人格心理决定因素。使用两个相关概率样本（GERPS 和 SOEP）的汇总数据，我们研究了大五人格特征与国际流动倾向之间的关联。依靠控制关键社会人口和经济决定因素的先进预处理方法，我们的结果表明，移民倾向与大五人格特质中的三个显着相关。此外，我们发现某些大五维度的这些关系中存在性别差异和文化差异（基于目的地国家/地区使用的语言）。这些结果有助于从人格心理学的角度阐明移民决策的过程。