The long shadow of bullying: Career consequences for an American cohort

Fraser Summerfield

No 79, CLEF Working Paper Series from Canadian Labour Economics Forum (CLEF), University of Waterloo

Abstract: We document the long-run labor market consequences of youth bully victimization using NLSY97 data. Career outcomes measured at ages 19-40 account for life cycle bias. Victims exhibit lower earnings, lower job satisfaction and hold less-complex occupations. Fewer hours worked and shorter job tenure contribute to cumulative experience gaps that widen with age. Female respondents and adolescent victims are most significantly affected. A decomposition exercise shows that concurrent life-cycle health and education penalties explain half of the observed career penalties. Using household fixed-effects models and rich early-life covariates we show that selection into bullying on these dimensions cannot explain earnings penalties. Our results suggest a role for programs and policies that reduce health and human capital disparities of those bullied during youth.

Keywords: Bullying; Life-cycle outcomes; Earnings; Non-cognitive skills; Human Capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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