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Title: Effects of Teenage Work Experience Over Ten Years: Evidence From the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth
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1. Carr, Rhoda Viellion
Effects of Teenage Work Experience Over Ten Years: Evidence From the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth
Ph.D. Dissertation, Tulane University, 1995
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning
Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; Drug Use; Education, Secondary; Educational Attainment; Employment; Family Formation; Family Studies; Income; Labor Force Participation; Work Experience

This dissertation reports findings from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) concerning the effects of working during the teen years on educational attainment, labor force participation, income, family formation, and alcohol and drug use at age 22 and age 26. The sample includes all those in the 1962-1964 birth cohorts. Results from my analysis of long-term effects suggest moderately negative effects on educational attainment-- working youth are less likely to attend college or to complete four or more years of college. However, working during high school has a positive effect on a variety of labor force outcomes (labor force participation, employment status, and income) at age 22 and age 26, despite the small educational decrement that working youth suffer. Those with more work experience during their teens marry earlier, and are somewhat more likely to use alcohol and marijuana. The study concludes that, by the early to mid-twenties, the labor force and income gains somewhat offset the educational decrements that result from working while in high school.
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Carr, Rhoda Viellion. Effects of Teenage Work Experience Over Ten Years: Evidence From the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Ph.D. Dissertation, Tulane University, 1995.