Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/245667 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14616
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Using data from two British birth cohorts born in 1958 and 1970 we investigate the impact of teenage conduct problems on subsequent employment prospects through to age 42. We find teenagers with conduct problems went on to spend fewer months both in paid employment, and in employment, education and training (EET) between age 17 and 42 than comparable teenagers who did not experience conduct problems. Employment and EET disadvantages were greatest among those with severe behavioural problems. The 'gap' in time spent in employment or EET by conduct problem status was similar for men and women across cohorts, with only a small part of the gap being attenuated by differences in social background, individual characteristics and educational attainment in public examination at age 16. We discuss the implications of our findings.
Subjects: 
education
training
disadvantage
educational attainment
labour market
employment
behavioural problems
Rutter
JEL: 
I12
J20
J64
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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