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Oppenheimer, Valerie Kincaid Kalmijn, Matthijs |
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Life-Cycle Jobs Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 14 (1995): 1-38 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: JAI Press, Inc. Keyword(s): Career Patterns; Job Patterns; Job Status; Life Cycle Research; Mobility, Social; Racial Differences; Stratification; Unions Based on occupation and industry data from the 1% 1970 Public Use Sample, a life-cycle job typology is used to distinguish youthful "stopgap" jobs from career jobs. Census and National Longitudinal Survey of Youth data indicate that stopgap jobs represent a life-cycle phenomenon for both black and white male youths, although more so for whites. Stopgap employment increased for young white males between 1970-1980 but decreased for blacks. Education and experience variables make a substantial contribution to the steep age gradient of stopgap employment and are important in explaining black-white differences in this age pattern in 1970 as well as the 1970-1980 changes. Implications of these differences for the youth labor market are explored. The extensive employment of more educated whites in low-level stopgap jobs places less educated youth (black and white) at a competitive disadvantage. Furthermore, factors that negatively affect the labor market position of nondisadvantaged youths may indirectly affect the employment position of low-skilled youth. 6 Tables, 4 Figures, 1 Appendix, 20 References. Adapted from the source document. (Copyright 1996, Sociological Abstracts, Inc., all rights reserved.) |
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Oppenheimer, Valerie Kincaid and Matthijs Kalmijn. "Life-Cycle Jobs." Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 14 (1995): 1-38.
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