Search Results

Author: Lynch, Lisa M.
Resulting in 12 citations.
1. Blanchflower, David G.
Lynch, Lisa M.
Training at Work: A Comparison of U.S. and British Youths
In: Training in the Private Sector. Lisa Lynch, ed. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1994: pp. 233-260
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Keyword(s): Cross-national Analysis; Job Training; NCDS - National Child Development Study (British)

This paper compares and contrasts the structures of postschool training for young non-university graduates in Britain and in the United States. We are able to utilize two unique and broadly comparable longitudinal data series on young people, the U.S. National Longitudinal Survey Youth Cohort (NLSY) and the British National Child Development Survey (NCDS). In addition, we make use of two large individual data files-the 1981 and 1989 Labour Force Surveys to determine how the labor market in the United Kingdom changed during the 1980s. We use these data to examine the early labor market experiences of young people as they make the transition from school to work
Bibliography Citation
Blanchflower, David G. and Lisa M. Lynch. "Training at Work: A Comparison of U.S. and British Youths" In: Training in the Private Sector. Lisa Lynch, ed. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1994: pp. 233-260
2. Blanchflower, David G.
Lynch, Lisa M.
Training at Work: A Comparison of U.S. and British Youths
Working Paper, NBER Working Paper No. W4037, March 1, 1992.
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Keyword(s): Cross-national Analysis; Job Training; NCDS - National Child Development Study (British)

This paper compares and contrasts the structure of post school training for young nonuniversity graduates in Britain and the United States. We utilize two unique longitudinal surveys in these countries on young people to examine four issues: the extent of pest school training in Britain and the U.S. and the wage gains associated with it; the link between formal training and further qualifications in Britain and the return to this on wages; differentials in the training experience by gender in the two countries; and the possible implications for skill development in Britain of dismantling significant elements of the traditional apprenticeship system. Our principal findings are that non-college graduates in Britain receive much more post school training than similar youths in the United States. This training is also linked with higher national recognized qualifications. The rates of return to post school training in both countries is high. especially in the United States. The higher rates of return to training in the U.S. is consistent with underinvestment in training in the U.S.. When the sample is divided by gender, however, women in the U.S. receive more training than their British counterparts and their wages increase by a greater amount. As Britain has replaced the traditional apprenticeship system with a government-led program called Youth Training more women seem to be receiving training after school. However, far fewer young people are obtaining qualifications after their training.
Bibliography Citation
Blanchflower, David G. and Lisa M. Lynch. "Training at Work: A Comparison of U.S. and British Youths." Working Paper, NBER Working Paper No. W4037, March 1, 1992.
3. D'Amico, Ronald
Hills, Stephen M.
Lynch, Lisa M.
Morgan, William R.
Nestel, Gilbert
Olsen, Randall J.
Parsons, Donald O.
Willke, Richard
Pathways to the Future, Volume VI: A Report on the National Longitudinal Surveys of Labor Market Experience of Youth in 1984
Columbus OH: Center for Human Resource Research, The Ohio State University, January 1986
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Center for Human Resource Research
Keyword(s): All-Volunteer Force (AVF); Children; Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA); Earnings; Education; Educational Costs; Employment, In-School; Family Resources; Job Training; Labor Market Outcomes

This report describes the work experience of a nationally-representative sample of 12,000 Americans who were age 14-21 when first interviewed in 1979 and who have been surveyed annually since then. Willke - Chapter One examines welfare, education, and labor market outcomes for CETA participants and non-participants. Lynch - Chapter Two aims to identify the influences on the length of time young people are unemployed. Olsen - Chapter Three examines a method for determining the existence and impact of selection bias, which is known to affect outcomes of labor policy discussions depending on how the bias is corrected. Hills - Chapter Four examines the long-run impact of teen-age unemployment on later labor market success. Morgan - Chapter Five examines variation within families in investment of resources in their children's educational and occupational attainment process. D'Amico - Chapter Six adds evidence to other studies showing how pervasive employment is among high school youth. Parsons - Chapter Seven provides information about the on-the-job training provided to young men by private employers. Nestel - Chapter Eight compares the post-school work experience of youth who served in the All-Volunteer Force and those who did not.
Bibliography Citation
D'Amico, Ronald, Stephen M. Hills, Lisa M. Lynch, William R. Morgan, Gilbert Nestel, Randall J. Olsen, Donald O. Parsons and Richard Willke. Pathways to the Future, Volume VI: A Report on the National Longitudinal Surveys of Labor Market Experience of Youth in 1984. Columbus OH: Center for Human Resource Research, The Ohio State University, January 1986.
4. Hills, Stephen M.
D'Amico, Ronald
Ball, David E.
Golon, Jeff
Jackson, John L.
Latack, Janina C.
Lynch, Lisa M.
Mangum, Stephen L.
Shapiro, David
The Changing Market: A Longitudinal Study of Fifteen Years of Labor Market Experience of Young Men
Report, Columbus OH: Center for Human Resource Research, The Ohio State University, 1984
Cohort(s): Young Men
Publisher: Center for Human Resource Research
Keyword(s): Displaced Workers; Labor Market Demographics; Military Service; Mobility, Job; Unemployment

Chapter 1: The Changing Market
Chapter 2: The Displaced Worker
Chapter 3: Adujusting to Recession
Chapter 4: Adjusting to the Structure of Jobs
Chapter 5: The Household Costs of Unemployment
Chapter 6: Career Mobility
Chapter 7: Long Run Effects of Military Service
Chapter 8: Skill Transfer
Chapter 9: How Fluid is the U.S. Labor Market?
Bibliography Citation
Hills, Stephen M., Ronald D'Amico, David E. Ball, Jeff Golon, John L. Jackson, Janina C. Latack, Lisa M. Lynch, Stephen L. Mangum and David Shapiro. "The Changing Market: A Longitudinal Study of Fifteen Years of Labor Market Experience of Young Men." Report, Columbus OH: Center for Human Resource Research, The Ohio State University, 1984.
5. Hills, Stephen M.
D'Amico, Ronald
Shapiro, David
Lynch, Lisa M.
The Changing Labor Market: A Longitudinal Study of Young Men
Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1986
Cohort(s): Young Men
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Keyword(s): Career Patterns; Displaced Workers; Industrial Sector; Local Labor Market; Military Service; Mobility; Mobility, Occupational; Transfers, Skill

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

In a review of the 1966-1981 data from the Young Men's cohort, this book discusses the consequences of job dislocation on the careers of young men, and focuses on displacement within the construction, automobile, and steel industries. Also examined are the household costs of unemployment, the factors influencing career mobility patterns, the long-run effects of military service, and the extent of skill transfer between military and civilian occupations.
Bibliography Citation
Hills, Stephen M., Ronald D'Amico, David Shapiro and Lisa M. Lynch. The Changing Labor Market: A Longitudinal Study of Young Men. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1986.
6. Imbens, Guido W.
Lynch, Lisa M.
Re-employment Probabilities over the Business Cycle
NBER Working Paper No. 4585, National Bureau of Economic Research, December, 1993.
Also: http://nber.nber.org/papers/W4585
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Keyword(s): Business Cycles; Local Labor Market; Modeling, Hazard/Event History/Survival/Duration; Seasonality; Unemployment Duration; Unemployment Rate

Using a Cox proportional hazard model that allows for a flexible time dependence that can incorporate both seasonal and business cycle effects this paper analyzes the determinants of reemployment probabilities of young workers from 1978-1989. It finds considerable changes in the chances of young workers finding jobs over the business cycle, however, the characteristics of those starting jobless spells do not vary much over time. Therefore, government programs that target specific demographic groups may change individuals' positions within the queue of job seekers but will probably have a more limited impact on the overall re-employment probability. Living in an area with high local unemployment reduces re-employment chances as does being in a long spell of non-employment. However, when we allow for an interaction between the length of time of a jobless spell and the local unemployment rate we find the interaction term is positive. In other words, while workers appear to be scarred by a long spell of unemployment, the median age seems to be reduced if they are unemployed in an area with high overall unemployment.
Bibliography Citation
Imbens, Guido W. and Lisa M. Lynch. "Re-employment Probabilities over the Business Cycle." NBER Working Paper No. 4585, National Bureau of Economic Research, December, 1993.
7. Imbens, Guido W.
Lynch, Lisa M.
Re-Employment Probabilities over the Business Cycle
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2167, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), June 2006
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Keyword(s): Business Cycles; Modeling, Hazard/Event History/Survival/Duration; Re-employment; Unemployment; Unemployment Duration; Unemployment, Youth

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

Using a Cox proportional hazard model that allows for a flexible time dependence in order to incorporate business cycle effects, we analyze the determinants of reemployment probabilities of young workers in the U.S. from 1978-1989. We find considerable changes in the chances of young workers finding jobs over the business cycle despite the fact that personal characteristics of those starting jobless spells do not vary much over time. Therefore, government programs that target specific demographic groups may change individuals' positions within the queue of job seekers, but may only have a more limited impact on average re-employment probabilities. Living in an area with high local unemployment reduces re-employment chances as does being in a long spell of nonemployment. However, the damage associated with being in a long spell seems to be reduced somewhat if a worker is unemployed in an area with high overall unemployment.
Bibliography Citation
Imbens, Guido W. and Lisa M. Lynch. "Re-Employment Probabilities over the Business Cycle." IZA Discussion Paper No. 2167, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), June 2006.
8. Lynch, Lisa M.
Private Sector Training and Its Impact on the Earnings of Young Workers
NBER Working Paper No. 2872, National Bureau of Economic Research, 1989.
Also: http://nber.nber.org/papers/W2872
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Keyword(s): Apprenticeships; Educational Returns; Gender Differences; Job Training; Private Sector; Racial Differences; Training; Unions; Wages, Youth

While there have been numerous studies devoted to examining the impact of governmental training programs on workers who have experienced difficulties in the labor market, there has been remarkably little research on the actual occurrence and consequences of training provided by the private sector in the U.S. Using data from the NLSY, this paper analyzes how personal characteristics including employment histories, and local demand conditions determine the probability of receiving training and its effect on wages and wage growth of young workers. More specifically, some of the issues addressed here include the relative importance of training and tenure for wage determination and the rate of return to company provided training compared to the rate of return to training received outside the firm and schooling. The portability of company training from employer to employer and the existence of differentials in the returns to training by union status, race and sex are also investigated.
Bibliography Citation
Lynch, Lisa M. "Private Sector Training and Its Impact on the Earnings of Young Workers." NBER Working Paper No. 2872, National Bureau of Economic Research, 1989.
9. Lynch, Lisa M.
Private-sector Training and the Earnings of Young Workers
American Economic Review 82,1 (March 1992): 299-312.
Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2117617
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: American Economic Association
Keyword(s): Educational Attainment; Training; Wage Growth

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

Slower productivity growth rates are the result of companies' poor training policies and poor training decisions made by workers. Data from the National Longitudinal Survey youth cohort is used to study the formal training process in the private sector. Some 70% of young employees are not college graduates. Research indicates that private-sector training programs are a key factor in determining the growth of wages in this group of young employees.
Bibliography Citation
Lynch, Lisa M. "Private-sector Training and the Earnings of Young Workers." American Economic Review 82,1 (March 1992): 299-312.
10. Lynch, Lisa M.
The Impact of Private Sector Training on Race and Gender Wage Differentials and the Career Patterns of Young Workers
NLS Discussion Paper No. 92-8, Washington DC: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1991.
Also: http://stats.bls.gov/ore/abstract/nl/nl910030.htm
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: U.S. Department of Labor
Keyword(s): Apprenticeships; Career Patterns; Educational Returns; Gender Differences; Job Training; Mobility; Mobility, Job; Project Talent; Racial Differences; Skill Formation; Training; Training, Off-the-Job; Training, On-the-Job

Although there has been increasing attention paid by policy makers and researchers to the topic of U.S. firms' skill formation or training strategies, relatively little is known about the nature of private sector training in the U.S. This in-progress research focuses on two issues that should help develop our understanding of firms' training policies in the U.S. and how such policies affect wages and career patterns of young workers. The two issues to be examined are: (1) race and gender differences in the acquisition of and returns to private sector training; and (2) the impact of private sector training on the job mobility and career paths of young workers. Using data from the NLSY, the analysis will utilize the detailed survey questions on "training from other sources" to examine the training/wage/career patterns of these young workers with special emphasis on race and gender differences. By distinguishing between on-the-job training, training acquired off-the-job, and apprenticeship, this research seeks to identify what proportion of the wage differential for males and females and whites and blacks is explained by differences in the probability of receiving different types of training and what proportion is due to different rates of return to training for these groups.
Bibliography Citation
Lynch, Lisa M. "The Impact of Private Sector Training on Race and Gender Wage Differentials and the Career Patterns of Young Workers." NLS Discussion Paper No. 92-8, Washington DC: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1991.
11. Lynch, Lisa M.
The Role of Off-the-Job vs On-the-Job Training for the Mobility of Women Workers
American Economic Review 81,1 (May 1991): 151-156.
Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2006844
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: American Economic Association
Keyword(s): Employment, Youth; Gender Differences; Job Training; Job Turnover; Mobility; Mobility, Job; Private Sector; Training; Training, Off-the-Job; Training, On-the-Job; Transition, School to Work; Work Histories

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

This paper examines the impact of various types of training (company training, apprenticeships, and for-profit training by proprietary institutions) on job turnover or the probability that young workers will leave their first jobs. Data for civilian NLSY respondents who had left school during 1979-1983 and who had obtained a job during the first year out of school are analyzed. Factors found to influence the probability of leaving an employer were race, educational attainment, marital status, union status, being disabled, and local labor market unemployment rate. Those workers who had participated in company training were less likely to leave an employer while those who had invested in proprietary training were more likely to leave although the differences by sex were marked.
Bibliography Citation
Lynch, Lisa M. "The Role of Off-the-Job vs On-the-Job Training for the Mobility of Women Workers." American Economic Review 81,1 (May 1991): 151-156.
12. Lynch, Lisa M.
The Youth Labor Market In the Eighties: Determinants of Re-employment Probabilities for Young Men and Women
Review of Economics and Statistics 71,1 (February 1989): 37-45.
Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1928049
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Keyword(s): Educational Returns; Gender Differences; Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; Job Search; Job Training; Local Labor Market; Marital Status; Racial Differences; Unemployment Compensation; Unemployment Duration

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

Data from the NLSY is used to develop a model analyzing transition probabilities from nonemployment to employment. The effect on reemployment probabilities of various personal characteristics including race, education, and health status, as well as receipt of unemployment income, local demand conditions, and duration dependence is examined. Significant differences were found between the labor market experiences of whites and nonwhites, and males and females with local demand conditions and human capital investments acting as important determinants of the duration of nonemployment spells.
Bibliography Citation
Lynch, Lisa M. "The Youth Labor Market In the Eighties: Determinants of Re-employment Probabilities for Young Men and Women." Review of Economics and Statistics 71,1 (February 1989): 37-45.