Are young people's educational outcomes linked to their sense of control?

This paper analyzes the link between young people's sense (locus) of control over their lives and their investments in education. We find that young people with a more internal locus of control have a higher probability of finishing secondary school and, conditional on completion, meeting the r...

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Autors principals: Baron, Juan D. (Autor), Clark, Deborah Cobb (Autor)
Format: Analytics
Idioma:English
Publicat: [2010].
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