Early leadership experience can be very valuable. Selective colleges screen for demonstrated leadership experience, and studies have found that people with high school leadership experience are paid up to 33% more than those without it. This wage premium is similar to the one associated with a college degree.
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What you need to know about being in charge. Start Course Read more on LeadershipMichael L. Anderson is an associate professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics at University of California, Berkeley. His primary research focuses on issues in health, environmental, and transportation economics.
Fangwen Lu is an associate professor of Economics at Renmin University of China. Her primary research focuses on using randomized field experiment to explore issues in education, health, and transportation. She is the corresponding author on this article.
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