Locus of Control and Human Capital Investment Revisited

Autor/in	Cebi, Merve
Titel	Locus of Control and Human Capital Investment Revisited
Quelle	In: Journal of Human Resources, 52 (2007) 4, S.919-932 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-166X
Schlagwörter	Locus of Control; Human Capital; Educational Objectives; Outcomes of Education; Educational Attainment; Labor Market; Prediction; Cognitive Ability; Adolescents; Models; High School Graduates; Dropouts; Young Adults; National Longitudinal Survey of Youth; Armed Forces Qualification Test; Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Humankapital; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Vorhersage; Denkfähigkeit; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Analogiemodell; High school; High schools; Graduate; Graduates; Oberschule; Absolvent; Absolventin; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener
Abstract	This paper examines the effect of teenagers' outlooks--specified as their locus of control--on educational attainment and labor market outcomes. I replicate the study of Coleman and DeLeire (2003) and test the predictions of their theoretical model using a different data set--National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY). The findings fail to support the predictions of the model and suggest that locus of control is not a significant determinant of educational outcomes once cognitive ability is controlled for; however, locus of control is rewarded in the labor market later in life. (Contains 5 footnotes, 4 tables, and 1 figure.) [This article was produced by University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, WI.] (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10