The College Type: Personality and Educational Inequality

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Lundberg, Shelly
• 署名单位: University of California System; University of California Santa Barbara; University of Bergen
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0734-306X
• DOI: 10.1086/671056
• 发表日期: 2013
• 页码: 421-441
• 关键词: stability; traits; AGE

摘要

I examine the effects of cognitive ability and personality traits on college graduation in a recent cohort of young Americans, and how the returns to these traits vary by family background, and find very substantial differences across family background groups in the personality traits that predict successful completion of college, particularly for men. The implications are twofold. First, the returns to noncognitive traits may be highly context dependent. Second, policy discussion concerning educational inequality should include not just the possibilities for remediating the skill levels of poor children, but also approaches to changing the environments that limit their opportunities.