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Author: Olatunji, Anane Nokware
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The Effects of High School Employment on Educational Attainment Among Hispanic American Youths Master's Thesis, Tulane University, February 1998 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning Keyword(s): Educational Attainment; Employment, In-School; Employment, Youth; Ethnic Differences; High School Diploma; High School Students; Hispanics; School Completion As a result of the growing service economy increasing numbers of adolescents hold jobs while attending high school. Consequently, social scientists have addressed the concern that teenage employment might undermine educational achievement. This paper investigates whether the effects of teenage employment on high school completion and educational attainment by age 25 are different for Hispanic youths compared to non- Hispanic White adolescents. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979, I examine the effects of working on the odds of completing high school and on educational attainment in general among Mexican American and Puerto Rican students I find that Mexican American students who work are somewhat disadvantaged in terms of high school completion but not in educational attainment overall. I report other effects of teenage employment that are consistent with previous research. |
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Olatunji, Anane Nokware. The Effects of High School Employment on Educational Attainment Among Hispanic American Youths. Master's Thesis, Tulane University, February 1998. |
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The Relationship Between Work Experience and Well-Being among Mexican-Origin Youths Ph.D. Dissertation, Sociology, Tulane University, 2000. Also: http://libguides.tulane.edu/content.php?pid=61023&sid=1305180 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning Keyword(s): Delinquency/Gang Activity; Educational Attainment; Hispanic Studies; Income; Self-Esteem; Work Experience This research explores the relationships between work experience and self-esteem, delinquency, educational attainment, and future income among youths of Mexican descent. Social scientists have addressed the concern that teenage work experience might undermine the emotional well-being of adolescents as well as their investment in education. Despite what appears to be a propensity for early labor market participation among adolescents of Mexican-origin, investigators have focused little attention on the effects of employment vis-a-vis this segment of the population. But the question remains an important one in light of demographic projections for population growth among Hispanics, the majority of whom claim Mexican ancestry, as well as their relatively low rate of high school completion. Using multivariate regression techniques and data from two distinct national surveys, I find that for U.S.-born youths of Mexican descent early work experience lowers self-esteem, increases delinquency, stymies educational attainment, but increases income gains over the long-run. In contrast, among Mexican immigrant adolescents, employment increases self-esteem, reduces delinquency, and enhances high school completion as well as future earnings. That outcomes for the former group more closely resemble those for non-Hispanic White adolescents than Mexican immigrants, suggests that U.S.-born youths of Mexican descent may suffer adverse effects from assimilation processes that Mexican culture appears to nullify. |
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Olatunji, Anane Nokware. The Relationship Between Work Experience and Well-Being among Mexican-Origin Youths. Ph.D. Dissertation, Sociology, Tulane University, 2000.. |