This paper provides evidence that the personality traits of policy actors matter for
policy outcomes in the context of two large-scale experiments in Punjab,
Pakistan. Three results support the relevance of personalities for policy
outcomes. First, doctors with higher Big Five and Perry Public Sector
Motivation scores attend work more and falsify inspection reports less. Second,
health inspectors who score higher on these personality measures exhibit a larger
treatment response to increased monitoring. Last, senior health officials with
higher Big Five scores are more likely to respond to a report of an
underperforming facility by compelling better subsequent staff attendance.