Locus of Control and Human Capital Investment Revisited
Locus of Control and Human Capital Investment Revisited
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重新审视控制点和人力资本投资
DOI：
10.3368/jhr.xlii.4.919
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发表时间：
2007
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M. Çebi
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M. Çebi
这篇论文考察了青少年的观点--被指定为他们的控制点--对教育程度和劳动力市场结果的影响。我重复了科尔曼和德莱尔(2003)的研究，并使用不同的数据集--国家青年纵向调查(NLSY)--检验了他们的理论模型的预测。这些发现未能支持模型的预测，并表明，一旦认知能力得到控制，控制点就不是教育结果的显著决定因素；然而，控制点在以后的劳动力市场上会得到回报。
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.