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Author: Tiemeyer, Peter Eric
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1. Tiemeyer, Peter Eric
Racial Differences in the Transition from School to Stable Employment Among Young Men
Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1993
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning
Keyword(s): Employment, In-School; Employment, Youth; High School Completion/Graduates; Racial Differences; School Completion; Schooling, Post-secondary

In the transition from youth to adulthood the primary activity of young males shifts from school to stable employment. This study demarcates the intermediate period through which young adults pass a period Osterman calls moratorium employment. A six state model of the youth labor market is presented which distinguishes between employment while in school, moratorium employment, and stable employment. The six states in our model are labeled: school only, work only, school/work, military activity, stable employment, and other activity. The particular focus of this study is understanding the racial difference in stable employment during the early adult years. In applying both dynamic and static models to data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth we reach several understandings. The study finds that employment history and socioeconomic background are the most important influences on the racial difference in transition rates from other activity to work only while job characteristics are the most important influences on the racial difference in transition rates from stable employment to other activity.
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Tiemeyer, Peter Eric. Racial Differences in the Transition from School to Stable Employment Among Young Men. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1993.