<P align=left>1.<b><FONT size=3>Misbehavior, Education, and Labor Market Outcomes
Carmit Segal
Stanford University
November 17 2004</FONT></b></P>
<P align=left>Abstract
Empirical studies on the acquisition and importance of productive skills have mainly focused on
cognitive skills, as measured by aptitude and knowledge tests. This paper goes beyondcognitive skills and emphasizes the importance of non-cognitive skills, and in particular behavior. Using data on young men from the National Education Longitudinal Survey, it is possible to determine the relation of education and labor market outcomes to childhood behavior. The main finding is that eighth grade behavior is of the same order of importance to earnings as eighth grade test scores. Moreover, childhood behavior is associated with earnings at all educational levels. By contrast, achievement test scores are only related to earnings for young men with postsecondary degrees. Furthermore, behavior is stable over time. Although school and family characteristics do relate to behavior, these factors explain only a small part of behavior. Possible channels for the association between eighth grade behavior and economic success are explored.</P>
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