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Title: Ethical Behaviors and Wealth: Generation Y's Experience
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1. Zagorsky, Jay L.
Ethical Behaviors and Wealth: Generation Y's Experience
Journal Of Financial Counseling And Planning 28, 2 (2017): 181-195.
Also: https://www.afcpe.org/news-and-publications/journal-of-financial-counseling-and-planning
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education (U.S.) (AFCPE)
Keyword(s): Arrests; Behavior, Antisocial; Behavior, Prosocial; Financial Behaviors/Decisions; Net Worth; Wealth

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This research investigates if ethical behaviors and personal finances are related using a large scale U.S. random survey called the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (NLSY97). Fifteen indicators covering both ethical and unethical behaviors are compared to net worth for people in their 20s and 30s, who are called Generation Y. Breaking rules, stealing, and being arrested are associated with less wealth in this generation. Results suggest that among people in their early 20s, there is little or no relationship between ethical behaviors and wealth. However, as this cohort ages, a positive relationship between acting more ethically and wealth emerges.
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Zagorsky, Jay L. "Ethical Behaviors and Wealth: Generation Y's Experience." Journal Of Financial Counseling And Planning 28, 2 (2017): 181-195.