PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Peter A. Savelyev
TI  - Conscientiousness, Extraversion, College Education, and Longevity of High-Ability Individuals
AID  - 10.3368/jhr.58.1.0918-9720R2
DP  - 2020 Jul 08
TA  - Journal of Human Resources
PG  - 0918-9720R2
4099  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2020/06/29/jhr.58.1.0918-9720R2.short
4100  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2020/06/29/jhr.58.1.0918-9720R2.full
AB  - Using the 1922–91 Terman Life-Cycle Study of Children with High Ability, I find a strong relationship between college education and longevity for men who have high intelligence. Conscientiousness and Extraversion are strongly related to longevity of men, even though their effects on education are, at best, weak. I also find that men with higher levels of education and skills have superior health and healthier lifestyles over the lifespan. For women of this historical cohort (born around 1910), who live at least as long as college-educated men, I find no evidence of a relationship between education, noncognitive skills, and longevity.