Maintaining (Locus of) Control? Assessing the Impact of Locus of Control on Education Decisions and Wages

Piatek, Rémi; Pinger, Pia

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1700458

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“…As can be seen in Table 3, keeping all other factors constant, farmers with an internal locus of control score about 1.05 points higher in the knowledge scale compared to those with an external locus of control (this result is statistically significant at 5 per cent). This appears to be consistent with a study by Piatek and Pinger (2010) that looks at the association between LOC and wages in Germany, and shows that individuals with internal LOC earn a higher income than those with external LOC. In addition, the study finds that the mechanism through which the effect of LOC is transmitted to wage is the level of education.…”

Section: Locus Of Control and Learningsupporting

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Effective Knowledge Transmission and Learning in Agriculture: Evidence from a Randomised Training Experiment in Ethiopia

Mesfin¹,

Tessema²,

Tirivayi³

et al. 2023

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In this article, we discuss a study to identify an effective agricultural knowledge transfer channel for smallholder farmers in Ethiopia, using a randomised training experiment together with focus group discussions, key informant interviews and a survey. We also examine the factors that determine learning among smallholder farmers. Our results revealed that involving extension agents and model farmers leads to above-average knowledge transfer. However, learning from extension agents is significantly more effective than learning from model farmers. Additionally, we found that trust, effort, and locus of control are important determinants of learning. On the other hand, we found no evidence that farmers exert more effort when they are trained by extension agents, hence this rules out effort as a mechanism for higher learning from the extension agents. Based on these results, we conclude that, on average, the extension agent system is more effective at conveying agricultural knowledge than model farmers are and that policy-makers can use the two channels as complements rather than substitutes.

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Section: Locus Of Control and Learningsupporting

confidence: 91%

Effective Knowledge Transmission and Learning in Agriculture: Evidence from a Randomised Training Experiment in Ethiopia

Mesfin¹,

Tessema²,

Tirivayi³

et al. 2023

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“…An individual with a tendency to attribute life's outcomes to their own actions is considered to be internally controlled, whilst someone who tends to attribute life's outcomes to factors outside their control (such as chance or luck) is considered to have an external locus of control (Gatz and Karel, 1993). Locus of control has been the focus of extensive empirical research examining its role in important health, educational, and labor market outcomes (Andrisani, 1977;Findley and Cooper, 1983;Coleman and DeLeire, 2003;Adolfsson et al, 2005;Heckman, Stixrud and Urzua, 2006;Ng, Sorensen and Eby, 2006;Heineck and Anger, 2010;Piatek and Pinger, 2010;McGee, 2015;. Of particular importance to the adolescence and youngadulthood period of development, the trait is related to human and health capital investment A c c e p t e d M a n u s c r i p t decisions, success in educational pursuits and academic performance (Coleman and DeLeire, 2003;Barón and Cobb-clark, 2010).…”

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The stability of personality traits in adolescence and young adulthood

Elkins

Kassenboehmer

Schurer

2017

Journal of Economic Psychology

102

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“…Personality traits have been identified as important predictors of income in the literature (Nyhus & Pons, 2005; Piatek & Pinger, 2010; Wells et al, 2016). However, evidence using data from developing countries has been lacking, with some exceptions (Attanasio et al, 2015; Bühler et al, 2020; Gertler et al, 2014; Laajaj et al, 2019).…”

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The Big Five model in rural Southeast Asia: Validation, stability, and its role in household income*

Bühler

Sharma

Stein

2023

Journal of Personality

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ObjectiveWe investigate the applicability of the Big Five model in rural Southeast Asia and thereby challenge recent concerns about the validity of the model in developing countries.MethodWe use a novel data set on personality traits from rural Thailand and Vietnam (N = 3811 individuals). In our analysis, we (i) assess the factor structure of the data, (ii) test the internal consistency of the items, (iii) compare the traits across two consecutive survey waves, and (iv) employ regressions to demonstrate the economic relevance of the traits.ResultsThe results demonstrate a five‐factor structure that fits the Big Five model. We observe changes in personality traits over time but Cohen's d coefficients only range between 0.06 and 0.21. The average rank‐order stability, measured by the test–retest correlation of the Big Five between the two consecutive waves, lies at 0.21. Individual changes in personality traits over time relate to experienced shocks and appear to be largely independent of age, gender, and education. We further find that openness and emotional stability positively correlate with rural incomes.ConclusionsWhile there is skepticism, pertaining to the use of personality trait models in developing countries, our study demonstrates that their importance and usage cannot be rejected.

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Maintaining (Locus of) Control? Assessing the Impact of Locus of Control on Education Decisions and Wages

Cited by 4 publications

References 52 publications

Effective Knowledge Transmission and Learning in Agriculture: Evidence from a Randomised Training Experiment in Ethiopia

Effective Knowledge Transmission and Learning in Agriculture: Evidence from a Randomised Training Experiment in Ethiopia

The stability of personality traits in adolescence and young adulthood

The Big Five model in rural Southeast Asia: Validation, stability, and its role in household income*

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