Graduation Year
2021
Date of Submission
11-2020
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Economics
Reader 1
Jessamyn Schaller
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Abstract
Numerous studies show how external factors influenced by an adolescent’s socioeconomic status (SES) affect their future income and occupation. Additionally, internal factors such as self-efficacy, motivation, and self-esteem also influence career outcomes. In this study, I examine whether or not there is a three-tiered relationship in which adolescent SES influences self-efficacy, which then affects career outcomes in adulthood. My findings show that there is a weak but positive relationship between family income in adolescence and beliefs about future income, but no direct relationship between family income and self-esteem. These self-efficacy measures also don’t seem to be a mechanism through which family income in adolescence affects adult income.
Recommended Citation
Millan, Maezelle, "Does the Apple Fall Far from the Tree? Exploring a Three-Tiered Relationship Between Family SES, Adolescent Self-Efficacy, and Adult Income" (2021). CMC Senior Theses. 2546.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/2546
This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
