Off-Topic :
Fairfax Underground
Welcome to Fairfax Underground, a project site designed to improve communication among residents of Fairfax County, VA. Feel free to post anything Northern Virginia residents would find interesting.
Welcome to Fairfax Underground, a project site designed to improve communication among residents of Fairfax County, VA. Feel free to post anything Northern Virginia residents would find interesting.
Sorry, nerds: Popular kids earn more in the long run
Posted by:
ferfux
()
Date: October 22, 2012 08:18PM
A new working paper may throw some cold water on any “Revenge of the Nerds” fantasies: It finds that more popular high school students earn more than their less-liked counterparts — even decades after graduation.
Gabriella Conti, Gerritt Mueller, Andrea Galeotti and Stephen Pudney used data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, a survey of over 10,000 men and women who graduated from a Wisconsin high school in 1957. Researchers have continually followed up with this group, checking in on their social characteristics and career achievements.
Back in 1957, these high school students were asked to list three people they considered their closest friends. Those who had their names written down the most were deemed the most popular: They’re the ones that many people consider close friends.
Over five decades later, this team of researchers went back into the data to see what they could understand about popularity: Why did some kids get their names written down more than others? And what would that mean for their future successes?
They learned a few things: Those who tended to be more popular came from “warm family environments.” Contrary to any nerd stereotypes, students who were smarter (and also older) tended to receive more friendship listings than their younger or less intelligent peers. Family economic status appeared to play a minor role.
That was the student’s past. As the researchers looked toward the future, they found that 35 years down the road, the more popular students earned 2 percent more than their peers. That’s nearly half — 40 percent — of the wage differential that students accrue from an additional year of education.
Gabriella Conti, Gerritt Mueller, Andrea Galeotti and Stephen Pudney used data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, a survey of over 10,000 men and women who graduated from a Wisconsin high school in 1957. Researchers have continually followed up with this group, checking in on their social characteristics and career achievements.
Back in 1957, these high school students were asked to list three people they considered their closest friends. Those who had their names written down the most were deemed the most popular: They’re the ones that many people consider close friends.
Over five decades later, this team of researchers went back into the data to see what they could understand about popularity: Why did some kids get their names written down more than others? And what would that mean for their future successes?
They learned a few things: Those who tended to be more popular came from “warm family environments.” Contrary to any nerd stereotypes, students who were smarter (and also older) tended to receive more friendship listings than their younger or less intelligent peers. Family economic status appeared to play a minor role.
That was the student’s past. As the researchers looked toward the future, they found that 35 years down the road, the more popular students earned 2 percent more than their peers. That’s nearly half — 40 percent — of the wage differential that students accrue from an additional year of education.
Re: Sorry, nerds: Popular kids earn more in the long run
Posted by:
the grammar police
()
Date: October 22, 2012 08:21PM
Anti-social basement dwellers end up on this site, what makes you think they'd be rich?
Re: Sorry, nerds: Popular kids earn more in the long run
Posted by:
WingNut
()
Date: October 22, 2012 08:22PM
I always guessed that because the more popular kids have superior social skills and usually develop better leadership skills.
There are the cases of the nerds like Speilberg and Gates who are either super creative or can find a technical niche and focus like savants, but they are rare.
Kids who are bullies in school usually seem to burn out pretty young and never really develop into much too good.
There are the cases of the nerds like Speilberg and Gates who are either super creative or can find a technical niche and focus like savants, but they are rare.
Kids who are bullies in school usually seem to burn out pretty young and never really develop into much too good.
idontlikebeingrightaboutshitlikethisbutiam
Edited 21 time(s). Last edit at 5/31/1967 05:57AM by WingNut.
Last edit at 11/30/2015 01:37PM Last edit at 5/14/2015 03:52PM Last edit at 1/28/2014 05:57AM Last edit at 11/29/2015 01:10PM Last edit at 3/14/2011 11:52PM Last edit at 7/20/2012 04:07AM
Last edit at 6/29/2013 11:18PM Last edit at 3/19/2011 01:02PM Last edit at 3/26/2012 09:07PM
Re: Sorry, nerds: Popular kids earn more in the long run
Posted by:
Hay Zeus
()
Date: October 22, 2012 08:31PM
Who became more wealthy Steve Jobs or Steve Wozniak ?
Re: Sorry, nerds: Popular kids earn more in the long run
Posted by:
NeoCon
()
Date: October 22, 2012 08:32PM
WingNut Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
>> America was HUNGRY in 2008... Unfortunately we chose JUNK FOOD..
Don't all Rightards choose Junk Food and Mt Dew at every opportunities?
-------------------------------------------------------
>> America was HUNGRY in 2008... Unfortunately we chose JUNK FOOD..
Don't all Rightards choose Junk Food and Mt Dew at every opportunities?