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Author: Myers, Steven C.
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1. Byrne, Dennis M.
Myers, Steven C.
King, Randall H.
Short Term Labour Market Consequences of Teenage Pregnancy
Applied Economics 23,12 (December 1991): 1819-1827.
Also: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00036849100000171
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Chapman & Hall
Keyword(s): Abortion; Educational Attainment; Labor Supply; Pregnancy and Pregnancy Outcomes; Teenagers; Wages

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To determine the impact that teenage pregnancy followed by a birth or an abortion has on labor market success, the relationship between teenage pregnancy and education and the effect of pregnancy on wages are examined. The data are from the NLSY, using 1984 and 1985 survey interview data. The results indicate that a live birth has a negative impact on years of education completed, wages, and labor supply. Young women who undergo abortions complete less schooling, on average, than a similarly aged never-pregnant group, leading to lower wages and less attachment to the labor market. While the greatest educational penalty - 1.8 years - is borne by a teenager who has a baby, the 0.53 year penalty faced by the teenager who aborts is also substantial. These women carry a career penalty into their early 20s in the form of lower education, lower wages, and higher wage elasticities. [ABI/INFORM]
Bibliography Citation
Byrne, Dennis M., Steven C. Myers and Randall H. King. "Short Term Labour Market Consequences of Teenage Pregnancy." Applied Economics 23,12 (December 1991): 1819-1827.
2. King, Randall H.
Myers, Steven C.
Byrne, Dennis M.
The Demand for Abortion by Unmarried Teenagers: Economic Factors, Age, Ethnicity and Religiosity Matter
American Journal of Economics and Sociology 51,2 (April 1992): 223-235.
Also: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1536-7150.1992.tb03349.x/abstract
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Inc.
Keyword(s): Abortion; Adolescent Fertility; Family Income; Pregnancy and Pregnancy Outcomes; Religion; School Completion; Unemployment; Wages

A demand model was developed and applied to a nationally representative sample of unmarried, pregnant teenagers drawn from the National Longitudinal Surveys in order to identify the economic determinants of abortion. Measures of the opportunity costs of pregnancy were found to play a major role in the individual's decision to give birth or to abort. Economic variables in the analysis included predicted wages, local area unemployment rates, other family income, poverty status, and school enrollment status. Other factors found to be significant were age, ethnicity, and religiosity. In general, young women in favorable economic circumstances were substantially more likely than others to abort a pregnancy. (ABI/Inform)
Bibliography Citation
King, Randall H., Steven C. Myers and Dennis M. Byrne. "The Demand for Abortion by Unmarried Teenagers: Economic Factors, Age, Ethnicity and Religiosity Matter." American Journal of Economics and Sociology 51,2 (April 1992): 223-235.
3. Kohen, Andrew I.
Grasso, John T.
Myers, Steven C.
Shields, Patricia M.
Career Thresholds, Volume 6: A Longitudinal Study of the Educational and Labor Market Experience of Young Men
Manpower Research Monograph 16, Volume 6. Washington DC: US GPO, 1977
Cohort(s): Young Men
Publisher: U.S. Department of Labor
Keyword(s): Earnings; Marital Status; Military Service; Mobility; Mobility, Job; Occupational Status; Schooling; Unemployment

This volume several analyses of youth's educational and labor market experiences. One analysis youths' labor market experience explores the factors related to the levels of educational and occupational aspirations expressed by those youth who were in high school at the beginning of a five-year period. The study investigates factors associated with the adaptation of educational goals during the high school years and the two years thereafter. Another analysis is devoted to occupational mobility among young men. In addition to quantifying and describing the gross changes in major occupation group that occurred (1) between entrance into the labor market and 1971 and (2) over the five-year period 1966 to 1971, the study analyzes the factors that are associated with both the incidence and the magnitude of occupational advancement during these same periods. A third analysis of the unemployment experience of male youth is directed at relating the incidence and duration of unemployment to various types of job separation. It focuses only on members of the experienced labor force who were not enrolled in school. The impact of military service on a youth's subsequent labor market experience is also discussed. This analysis begins with an investigation of the factors that are associated with the likelihood of having served in the armed forces during the Vietnam War and then attempts to assess the net impact of military service on various aspects of subsequent civilian labor market experience.
Bibliography Citation
Kohen, Andrew I., John T. Grasso, Steven C. Myers and Patricia M. Shields. Career Thresholds, Volume 6: A Longitudinal Study of the Educational and Labor Market Experience of Young Men. Manpower Research Monograph 16, Volume 6. Washington DC: US GPO, 1977.
4. Myers, Steven C.
Labor Force Participation and the Probability of Completing College
Proceedings, Business and Economic Statistics Section, American Statistical Association, Part_II (1977): 638-643
Cohort(s): Young Men, Young Women
Publisher: American Statistical Association
Keyword(s): College Dropouts; College Education; Employment; Socioeconomic Status (SES)

This study focuses on the educational progress of youth enrolled in undergraduate college in l968-l969 and l969- 1970. The author examines the interrelationship between work and the successful completion of each of the four school years. Higher completion rates are found among students who do not work. These differences are significant in all class years for young men but only significant for the young women in the first two years. The ability of the student and his family's socioeconomic status are important factors in the early years of college but decline in importance with progress toward graduation.
Bibliography Citation
Myers, Steven C. "Labor Force Participation and the Probability of Completing College." Proceedings, Business and Economic Statistics Section, American Statistical Association, Part_II (1977): 638-643.
5. Myers, Steven C.
Working in College: Risk or Return?
Ph.D. Dissertation, The Ohio State University, 1980
Cohort(s): Young Men
Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning
Keyword(s): College Education; Employment; Part-Time Work; Transition, School to Work

This study examines the educational and labor market experience of male college students and their subsequent position in the labor market. The work experience of college youth gives rise to the exploration of two primary research questions. First, does working while enrolled in college interfere with completing the college year? Second, does market work while in college have benefits for early post-school labor market experience? In addition, the study examines the factors associated with who works while in college. An analysis of the types of jobs that students hold is also included. Much of this study is derived from the theory of optimal human capital accumulation. The theory explains at what point in time a person will end specialization in schooling and begin supplying labor to the market. This labor market participation may begin during or after the ultimate separation date from school. Human capital theory treats the choice between market work and investment in human capital. On the other hand, labor supply theory deals with the choice between work and leisure. The present study represents a marriage of these two theoretical systems, providing an analysis of the choice between work and investment and allowing for changes in leisure time as well. Using data from the NLS of Young Men, 1966-1976, this study has found that working in college has both risk and return. The risks are non-completion, a delay, or a lower quality of education. The returns include the income gained while working, possible higher subsequent earnings, an expanded knowledge of the labor market, the acquisition of employability skills, good references, and the like. Work in the freshman year is least desirable, involving high risk and no return, while work in the senior year is the most desirable, involving minimum risk and maximum returns.
Bibliography Citation
Myers, Steven C. Working in College: Risk or Return? Ph.D. Dissertation, The Ohio State University, 1980.
6. Myers, Steven C.
Byrne, Dennis M.
King, Randall H.
Stratton, Richard W.
Employment Outcomes of Hispanic Youth: An Analysis of Labor Market Behavior
Final Report, Employment and Training Administration, Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Labor, 1982
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: U.S. Department of Labor
Keyword(s): Educational Attainment; Employment; Hispanic Youth; Hispanics; Language Problems; Schooling; Teenagers; Vocational Training; Work History

This volume is the result of an extensive investigation of the labor market position of Hispanic youth across both employment and non-work dimensions. An oversampling of Hispanics in the l979 NLSY provided a fresh new body of data for the study. Answers to the following three broad research questions were sought: How are Hispanic youth faring in the labor market? How do they compare to their non-Hispanic counterparts? How may their position in the labor market be improved? Part one addresses issues of enrollment and educational choice, hours of work, earnings, and occupational attainment. Part two resolves some serious methodological issues regarding the proper manner of analysis of the non-employment experiences of youth, estimates probabilities of moving from work to non- work (and vice versa), the duration of spells of nonwork, and estimates the subsequent wage gain.
Bibliography Citation
Myers, Steven C., Dennis M. Byrne, Randall H. King and Richard W. Stratton. "Employment Outcomes of Hispanic Youth: An Analysis of Labor Market Behavior." Final Report, Employment and Training Administration, Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Labor, 1982.