Are young people's educational outcomes linked to their sense of control? / Juan D. Barón and Deborah Cobb-Clark
- Bib ID:
- 4939626
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- Barón, Juan D
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- [Parkville, Vic.] : Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne, 2010
- 36 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9780734042156
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- Melbourne Institute working paper ; no. 5/10
- Summary:
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"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 requirements to obtain a university entrance rank. Moreover, those with an internal locus of control who obtain a university entrance rank achieve somewhat higher rankings than do their peers who have a more external locus of control. Not surprisingly, there is a negative relationship between growing up in disadvantage and educational outcomes. However, this effect does not appear to operate indirectly by increasing the likelihood of having a more external locus of control. In particular, we find no significant relationship between family welfare history and young people's locus of control."--Abstract.
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- Cover title.
- "May 2010"
- "Our data come from the Youth in Focus Project ..."
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 28-30)
- Also available in an electronic version via the Internet. Address as at 31 May 2010: http://www.melbourneinstitute.com/wp/wp2010n05.pdf
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