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Title: Youth and the Labor Market: Analyses from the National Longitudinal Survey
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Borus, Michael E. |
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Youth and the Labor Market: Analyses from the National Longitudinal Survey Kalamazoo, MI: Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 1984 Cohort(s): NLSY79, Young Men Publisher: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research Keyword(s): Delinquency/Gang Activity; Dropouts; Educational Attainment; Educational Returns; Employment, In-School; Employment, Youth; Family Background and Culture; Transition, School to Work; Unemployment, Youth Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Data from the first three surveys (1979, 1980, 1981) of the NLSY are analyzed. Chapters focus on employment-related questions as the youth make the school-to-work transition: changes in employment patterns of black and white young men, educational choices, public and private school differences, economic returns to vocational education, time-use behavior, and the relationship between delinquency and employment. Major findings are that hard-core unemployed youth tended to be older than others, more likely to have participated in training, to be married, to have children, and to live in a central city of an SMSA where there is a high unemployment rate. Jobs tended to be sex-stereotyped, with young women in clerical, service, and sales. A comparison of data from the NLS young men's cohort shows that black employment declined over the 1970s, apparently due to lengthy joblessness among a growing subsample of the black population, whereas the slight decline among whites appears to be due to higher job turnover. Poverty and unemployment increase the probability of dropping out of school, and pregnancy is the major cause for young women. Comparisons between private and public schools show that enrollment in a college preparatory curriculum, not the type of school, is crucial in determining achievement scores. Males and dropouts were more likely to engage in illegal activities: race and poverty status do not correlate significantly with illegal behavior. Contents 1. Introduction and Summary, by Michael E. Borus 2. A Description of Employed and Unemployed Youth in 1981, by Michael E. Borus 3. Changes Over the 1970s in the Employment Patterns of Black and White Young Men, by Tom K. Pollard 4. Choices in Education, by Michael E. Borus and Susan A. Carpenter 5. Quantity of Learning and Quality of Life for Public and Private High School Youth, by William R. Morgan 6. The Economic Value of Academic and Vocational Training Acquired in High School, by Russell W. Rumberger and Thomas N. Daymont 7. The Time-Use Behavior of Young Adults, by Ronald D'Amico 8. Delinquency and Employment, by Joan E. Crowley |
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Borus, Michael E. Youth and the Labor Market: Analyses from the National Longitudinal Survey. Kalamazoo, MI: Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 1984. |