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Title: Exploring the Effects of Personal Perceptions and Expectations on Teenage Employment
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Garasky, Steven |
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Exploring the Effects of Personal Perceptions and Expectations on Teenage Employment Presented: Pittsburgh, PA, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Eighteenth Annual Research Conference, October 1996 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Keyword(s): Educational Attainment; Employment, Youth; Endogeneity; Gender Differences; Geocoded Data; Self-Perception; Teenagers Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Few studies have focused on what motivates some teenagers to work and not others. This study of teenage employment seeks to understand the effects of personal perceptions and future expectations on work status and work intensity. Data are from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) Geocode file. The analyses utilize an instrumental variable estimation methodology given the endogeneity between employment and these characteristics of interest. Personal perceptions and expectations affect a teen's work status more than work intensity. Teens with higher expectations of their ability to achieve their occupational aspiration are more likely to be working; Teens with higher expectations of educational attainment are less likely to be working. Additionally, and perhaps more importantly, the effects of personal perceptions and expectations on teen employment are found to vary by both the age and the gender of the individual. |
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Garasky, Steven. "Exploring the Effects of Personal Perceptions and Expectations on Teenage Employment." Presented: Pittsburgh, PA, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Eighteenth Annual Research Conference, October 1996. |