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LABOR‐MARKET CONSEQUENCES OF POOR ATTITUDE AND LOW SELF‐ESTEEM IN YOUTH
Author(s) -
WADDELL GLEN R.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
economic inquiry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.823
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1465-7295
pISSN - 0095-2583
DOI - 10.1093/ei/cbj005
Subject(s) - earnings , self esteem , cohort , economics , psychology , demographic economics , national longitudinal surveys , longitudinal study , longitudinal data , job market , labour economics , work (physics) , social psychology , demography , sociology , medicine , mechanical engineering , pathology , engineering , accounting
Using longitudinal data on a cohort of high‐school graduates, I show that youth who reveal poor attitude and self‐esteem subsequently attain fewer years of postsecondary education relative to their high school cohort, are less likely to be employed 14 years following high school and, where working for pay, realize lower earnings. Furthermore, I find evidence that poor attitude and self‐esteem in high school are significant predictors of structural outcomes, such as the degree of supervision under which individuals subsequently work, job characteristics, and on‐the‐job activities. These relationships suggest that real economic consequence exist in fostering positive attitude and self‐esteem in youth. (JEL J13 , J20 , J30 )