Early childhood behaviours, schooling and labour market outcomes: estimates from a sample of twins

This paper examines the links between childhood conduct disorder problems and schooling and labour market outcomes net of genetic and environmental effects. The results show that individuals who experienced conduct disorder problems are more likely to leave school early, have poorer employment prosp...

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Main Authors: Le, Tram, Miller, Paul, Heath, A., Martin, N.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Pergamon 2005
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/13727
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description This paper examines the links between childhood conduct disorder problems and schooling and labour market outcomes net of genetic and environmental effects. The results show that individuals who experienced conduct disorder problems are more likely to leave school early, have poorer employment prospects and lower earnings. These findings are shown to be due to the genetic and environmental influences that are generally not considered in studies of schooling and labour market outcomes.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-137272018-03-29T09:06:09Z Early childhood behaviours, schooling and labour market outcomes: estimates from a sample of twins Le, Tram Miller, Paul Heath, A. Martin, N. This paper examines the links between childhood conduct disorder problems and schooling and labour market outcomes net of genetic and environmental effects. The results show that individuals who experienced conduct disorder problems are more likely to leave school early, have poorer employment prospects and lower earnings. These findings are shown to be due to the genetic and environmental influences that are generally not considered in studies of schooling and labour market outcomes. 2005 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/13727 10.1016/j.econedurev.2004.04.004 Pergamon restricted
spellingShingle Le, Tram
Miller, Paul
Heath, A.
Martin, N.
Early childhood behaviours, schooling and labour market outcomes: estimates from a sample of twins
title Early childhood behaviours, schooling and labour market outcomes: estimates from a sample of twins
title_full Early childhood behaviours, schooling and labour market outcomes: estimates from a sample of twins
title_fullStr Early childhood behaviours, schooling and labour market outcomes: estimates from a sample of twins
title_full_unstemmed Early childhood behaviours, schooling and labour market outcomes: estimates from a sample of twins
title_short Early childhood behaviours, schooling and labour market outcomes: estimates from a sample of twins
title_sort early childhood behaviours, schooling and labour market outcomes: estimates from a sample of twins
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/13727