ISSN : ISSN No. 2472-1956
This paper investigates the effect of the moral discipline an individual taught during early childhood on income as an adult using Japanese data. We found that our basic types of morality (“do not lie,” “be kind to others,” “follow the rules,” and “study”) affect individual evaluations in the labor market. Individuals disciplined in all four area of morality have incomes that are 642,000 yen ($5,350) higher than those only disciplined in some of four types and 862,000 yen ($7,183) higher than the incomes of those not disciplined in any of the four types. The study also analyzes the impact of discipline on ethical values; individuals who were disciplined in all four types tend to make more socially oriented value judgments.