An Economic Model of Locus of Control and the Human Capital Investment Decision

By Margo Coleman, Thomas DeLeire. The Journal of human resources, 2000

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Subfields: Accounting, Education, Sociology and Political Science

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Locus of Control and Job Search Strategies (2010, positive): “Coleman and Deleire (2003) conclude that locus of control affects individuals’ education decisions primarily by altering their expectations regarding the return to investment in human capital.”
Why do low-educated workers invest less in further training? (2010, background): “This is in line with the findings of Coleman and DeLeire (2003).”
Two Economists' Musings on the Stability of Locus of Control (2011, background): “, 1997; Duncan and Dunifon, 1998; Andrisani, 1981, 1977), educational attainment (Barón and Cobb-Clark, 2010; Coleman and Deleire, 2003; Coleman, 1966), and health (Chiteji, 2010) as well as the ability to cope with unanticipated life-events such as health shocks (Schurer, 2011) or unemployment (Cal”
Gender Differences in Personality and Earnings:Evidence from Russia (2007, background): “See, for example, Andrisani (1977 1981), Bandura (1989), Coleman and DeLeire (2003), Garson and Stanwyck (1997), Goldsmith et al (1996), Hansemark (2003), Kirkcaldy et al (2002), Mitchell et al (1975), Seligman (1975), Skinner et al (1998), Spector (1982).”
LABOR‐MARKET CONSEQUENCES OF POOR ATTITUDE AND LOW SELF‐ESTEEM IN YOUTH (2006, neutral): “…in high school (Cawley et al. 2001), one’s ‘‘locus of control’’ or outlook on life (Goldsmith et al. 1997b; Osborne 1999; Bertrand and Mullainathan 2001; Coleman and DeLeire 2003), and mental health (Bartel and Taubman 1979, 1986; Frank and Gertler 1991; Mullahy and Sindelar 1993) each have…”
Education and Nonmarket Outcomes (2005, methodology): “A counterpoint to the point made by Ross and Mirowsky is contained in a study by Coleman and DeLeire (2003).”
Locus of control and the labor market (2015, positive): “In 1966, the ‘Coleman’ Report found that locus of control was more highly related to achievement than any other factor in the student’s background or school (Coleman 1971) (as quoted in Coleman and DeLeire 2003).”
Self-regulated learning: a literature review. [Wider Benefits of Learning Research Report No. 33] (2009, background): “…their own competence and locus of control – that is whether individuals have a sense of control over their own lives and circumstances (Osborne, 1999; Coleman and DeLeire, 2000) – and difficulties regulating emotional behaviour in adolescence (Cawley et al., 2001) each have predictive power with…”