Labor Market Experiences and Transitions to Adulthood. Discussion Paper No. 1319-06

Autor/inn/en	Hill, Carolyn J.; Holzer, Harry J.
Institution	University of Wisconsin-Madison, Institute for Research on Poverty
Titel	Labor Market Experiences and Transitions to Adulthood. Discussion Paper No. 1319-06
Quelle	(2006), (36 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Labor Market; Young Adults; Longitudinal Studies; National Surveys; Cohort Analysis; Cognitive Structures; Regression (Statistics); Behavior Patterns; Education Work Relationship; Social Experience; Employment Experience; Place of Residence; Predictor Variables; Adolescent Development; National Longitudinal Survey of Youth + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Kohortenanalyse; Cognitive structure; Kognitive Struktur; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Soziale Erfahrung; Occupational experience; Job experience; Work experience; Berufserfahrung; Wohnort; Prädiktor
Abstract	This paper analyzes labor market behaviors of young adults, their changing patterns among two cohorts that are twenty years apart, and their associations with transitions to adulthood as measured by living with parents, being married, or cohabiting. We analyze these issues using data from the 1979 and 1997 cohorts of he National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY), specifically focusing on young people ages 20-22 in 1984 and 2002. Consistent with data from other sources, we find that youth in the later cohort tend to live at home or cohabit with greater frequency, but to marry less frequently, than those in the earlier cohort. These findings can be observed among youth in all education/enrollment groups and all race/gender groups. Regression analyses show evidence of some link between contemporaneous labor market outcomes and living arrangements, but these effects are too small to account for changes over time in these behaviors. We also find some relationships between academic and labor market outcomes as well as risky behaviors of youth during high school, on the one hand, and later labor market outcomes and living arrangements, on the other. These suggest the presence of unmeasured characteristics (such as independence, maturity, and the like) that help to account for differences across individuals in their living arrangements as young adults. Appendix A contains further information about the definition and construction of the variables, and Table A1 presents summary statistics on those used as explanatory variables in the regression models. (Contains 7 tables and 25 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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