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This study used longitudinal data from the National Child Development Study in the United Kingdom to investigate childhood predictors of labor force participation outcome (unemployed versus employed or self-employed) at age 33. In women, only general ability at age 11 was related to labor force participation at age 33, whereas in men labor force participation was negatively related to sibship size and domestic tension in childhood and psychological distress in adult life, and was positively related to presence of a partner in adult life, academic motivation in adolescence and educational attainment.
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Flouri, E., Buchanan, A. Childhood Predictors of Labor Force Participation in Adult Life. Journal of Family and Economic Issues 23, 101–120 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015776832505
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