Leadership Skills and Wages

By Peter Kuhn, Catherine J. Weinberger. Journal of Labor Economics, 2002

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Controlling for cognitive skills, we find that men who occupied leadership positions in high school earn more as adults. The pure leadership‐wage effect varies, depending on definitions and time period, from 4% to 33%. This effect is not an artifact of measurement error in cognitive skills or differences in a wide array of other physical or psychological traits. High school leaders are more likely to occupy managerial occupations as adults, and leadership skills command a higher wage premium within managerial occupations than elsewhere. Finally, it appears that leadership skills may be fostered by exposure to high school leadership opportunities.

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Skills in the city (2009, background): “, 2004), leadership (Kuhn and Weinberger, 2005), and interpersonal skills (Borghans et al.”
Personality and marital surplus (2012, background): “Kuhn and Weinberger (2005) document a positive relationship between leadership skills in high school and adult wages for men.”
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The benefits of a long-lens approach to leader development: Understanding the seeds of leadership (2011, background): “At the most obvious level, engaging in leadership roles as an adolescent improves one's chances of getting into college and has a positive impact on future earnings (Kuhn &Weinberger, 2005).”
Developing leadership skills among adolescents and young adults: a review of leadership programmes (2018, background): “Adolescent leaders are more likely to take up managerial positions as adults, and leadership skills developed early on can have a positive impact on future wages (Kuhn & Weinberger, 2005).”
LABOR‐MARKET CONSEQUENCES OF POOR ATTITUDE AND LOW SELF‐ESTEEM IN YOUTH (2006, neutral): “…parents, birth order, performance in high school, cognitive ability (as measured by a combined score from comprehensive tests over mathematics, verbal skills, and reading), aptitude, and participation in high school athletic programs (as suggested by Barron et al. 2000; Kuhn and Weinberger 2005).”
The determinants of leadership role occupancy: Genetic and personality factors. (2006, background): “The leadership role occupancy composite correlated (r =.12, p b .01, n =636) with total income as would be expected (Kuhn & Weinberger, 2002).”
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The Growing Importance of Social Skills in the Labor Market (2017, background): “Participation in team sports in high school has been associated with leadership, prosocial orientation and teamwork ability, and has been shown to positively predict labor market outcomes in adulthood (Barron et al. 2000; Kuhn & Weinberger 2005; Weinberger 2014).”