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1.	Acs, Gregory P. Wissoker, Douglas A.
1.	The Impact of Local Labor Markets on the Employment Patterns of Young Inner-City Males Presented: Washington, DC, Population Association of America Meetings, 1991. Also: http://www.psc.isr.umich.edu/dis/infoserv/catalog/detail/120886 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Employment, Youth; Geographical Variation; Inner-City; Labor Force Participation; Local Labor Market; Racial Differences; Residence; Transition, School to Work; Unemployment Rate; Unemployment, Youth Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Over the past two decades, both people and firms have moved from centralized urban areas to the suburbs. Some argue that the resulting spatial isolation of those left in the inner-city has contributed to rising joblessness and concentrated urban poverty. In this analysis, the authors examine the relative importance of spatial isolation, individual characteristics, and the strength of local labor markets on the post-schooling employment patterns of young men using data from the NLSY. Although inner-city youth unemployment rates are higher than those of other youth, the authors found that this reflects differences in individual and city-wide characteristics rather than location within an urban area. Indeed, while living in an inner-city appears to have little effect on the employment patterns of youth, differences in the local economy measured by SMSA-level unemployment rates significantly affect the amount of time it takes youth to find jobs after leaving school and the stability of their employment.
	Bibliography Citation Acs, Gregory P. and Douglas A. Wissoker. "The Impact of Local Labor Markets on the Employment Patterns of Young Inner-City Males." Presented: Washington, DC, Population Association of America Meetings, 1991.

2.	Hofferth, Sandra L. Wissoker, Douglas A.
2.	Price, Quality, and Income in Child Care Choice Journal of Human Resources 27,1 (Winter 1992): 70-111. Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/145913 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press Keyword(s): Child Care; Maternal Employment; Modeling, Logit This paper explores the hypothesis that parents consider the price and quality of child care as well as their own resources and needs when they make their child care decisions. Parents are expected to minimize price and maximize quality, controlling for income. Price is measured in terms of predicted expenditures on child care; quality is measured by the ratio of children to staff members. Data come from the 1985 wave of the NLSY. Expenditures for each mode of child care are modeled, correcting for selection, and predicted expenditures are obtained for each of four child care modes (center, sitter, relative, and husband/partner). Using a multinomial logit model, the impacts of price, quality, family income, and family characteristics on choice of each of these forms of child care are examined.
	Bibliography Citation Hofferth, Sandra L. and Douglas A. Wissoker. "Price, Quality, and Income in Child Care Choice." Journal of Human Resources 27,1 (Winter 1992): 70-111.

3.	Hofferth, Sandra L. Wissoker, Douglas A.
3.	Quality, Price, and Income in Child Care Choice Presented: Toronto, Canada, Population Association of America Meetings, May 1990 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Child Care; Maternal Employment; Modeling, Logit Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.
	Bibliography Citation Hofferth, Sandra L. and Douglas A. Wissoker. "Quality, Price, and Income in Child Care Choice." Presented: Toronto, Canada, Population Association of America Meetings, May 1990.

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