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Author: Saunders, David N.
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1. Saunders, David N.
Company Youth Keep: An Empirical Analysis of Job Finding Among Young Men 14-24
Ph.D. Dissertation, Bryn Mawr College, 1974
Cohort(s): Young Men
Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning
Keyword(s): Blue-Collar Jobs; Educational Attainment; Industrial Sector; Job Search; Private Sector; Public Sector; Socioeconomic Status (SES); White Collar Jobs

The study examined the personal, social, and economic correlates of job-finding of young men using data from the NLS of Young Men, l966-l969. Younger, less educated youth relied more heavily on informal channels. Increasingly, age and education led to a slight shift from informal to formal channels, although informal still dominated. As white youth matured they relied less on friends and relatives and schools and more on formal methods except schools. For both races, increased education led to a rise in the use of formal techniques, particularly schools. While blacks relied more heavily on friends and relatives than did whites, race was less important than social class with higher social class youth showing a greater use of formal channels. Youth using formal channels tended to locate white-collar jobs, particularly professional and clerical; those relying on informal had a greater chance of locating blue-collar jobs. Whites found the highest quality jobs through private agencies, newspapers, and the 'other' channel. Among both races, friends and relatives generally led to lower quality jobs. An extensive review of the literature on job-finding is included.
Bibliography Citation
Saunders, David N. Company Youth Keep: An Empirical Analysis of Job Finding Among Young Men 14-24. Ph.D. Dissertation, Bryn Mawr College, 1974.
2. Saunders, David N.
Labor Force Behavior: A Longitudinal Perspective
Review of Public Data Use 1,3 (July 1973): 7-13
Cohort(s): NLS General
Publisher: U.S. Department of Commerce
Keyword(s): Research Methodology

The intent of this paper is to review a unique data set that examines the longitudinal labor force behavior of a nationally representative sample of four age-sex groups--young men and women 14-24, mature women 30-44 and older men 45-59--who are in the process of engaging or disengaging from the labor force. To date, research on the National Longitudinal Surveys has been less extensive than would have been anticipated due in part to inadequate dissemination of information on the surveys, the condition of the actual data files themselves and the high cost of acquisition. It is hoped that a description of the content of the survey, its technical problems and current research being conducted will encourage use and stimulate discussion on ways to make the data set more amenable to analysis.
Bibliography Citation
Saunders, David N. "Labor Force Behavior: A Longitudinal Perspective." Review of Public Data Use 1,3 (July 1973): 7-13.