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Class bullies may earn more in middle age, study finds
School bullies are likely to end up with higher salaries, a new study suggests, upending the conventional wisdom that they will receive their comeuppance later in life. Research published earlier this month by the U.K.’s Institute for Social and Economic Research found that children who exhibited certain kinds of problematic behavior at school, including throwing temper tantrums and teasing or bullying others, had higher earnings in their 40s. Children with “conduct problems” at school also reported higher satisfaction in work. Meanwhile, it was children who struggled with paying attention and forming ... (full story)