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Title: A Look at the New Job-task Information in the National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth
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1. Dey, Matthew
Loewenstein, Mark A.
Sun, Hugette
A Look at the New Job-task Information in the National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth
Monthly Labor Review (May 2021): .
Also: https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2021/article/a-look-at-the-new-job-task-information-in-the-national-longitudinal-surveys-of-youth.htm
Cohort(s): NLSY79, NLSY97
Publisher: U.S. Department of Labor
Keyword(s): Armed Forces Qualifications Test (AFQT); Job Characteristics; Occupations; Skills; Wages

Using data from the National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth 1979 and 1997, this article examines how the skill level and task content of U.S. jobs vary among workers born during the 1957-1964 and 1980-1984 periods. This article presents data on how job attributes vary by sex, race, Hispanic origin, and educational attainment as well as by performance on the Armed Forces Qualifying Test and type of occupation. It also examines the relationship between job attributes and wages.
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Dey, Matthew, Mark A. Loewenstein and Hugette Sun. "A Look at the New Job-task Information in the National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth." Monthly Labor Review (May 2021): .