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1. Eliason, Scott R.
Young Adult Labor Force Careers in the U.S., 1979-1985: An Analysis of the Initial Stratification and Attainment Process
Ph.D. Dissertation, Pennsylvania State University, 1989. DAI-A 50/10, p. 3374, Apr 1990
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning
Keyword(s): Gender Differences; Industrial Sector; Job Patterns; Labor Force Participation; Life Course; Local Labor Market; Parental Influences; Racial Differences; Transition, School to Work; Wages

This thesis involves an analysis of initial labor force careers of young adults in the U.S. from 1979-1985. The conceptual model of the career process is informed by competing socioeconomic theories or research traditions, including the status attainment tradition, neoclassical economic theory, segmented labor market theory, and various other structural theories, with an emphasis on the career process as a life course phenomenon. Data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 14-22 are used to estimate (1) latent class models to determine the structure/form of initial labor market positions, (2) multinomial logit models for the initial labor market positions, (3) a Box-Cox specification of the conditional hazard model for transitions to a subsequent labor market position, and (4) sample selection type regression models for labor market wages after the initial and subsequent positions attained. Some important findings include (1) initial labor market positions can be adequately characterized by an industry measure which allows for error in the classification scheme, (2) homogeneous-market models of wage attainment, such as the human capital model, are found to be in most cases inadequate in describing the wage attainment process in the early labor force career, (3) the labor market behavior the year immediately following the completion of schooling in large part determines the initial and subsequent labor market positions attained during the initial labor force career, and (4) the level of education an individual attains is only weakly tied to the initial labor market attainment process. Differences between race/sex groups in the initial labor force career process are emphasized throughout the thesis.
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Eliason, Scott R. Young Adult Labor Force Careers in the U.S., 1979-1985: An Analysis of the Initial Stratification and Attainment Process. Ph.D. Dissertation, Pennsylvania State University, 1989. DAI-A 50/10, p. 3374, Apr 1990.