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Author: Gilroy, Curtis
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1. Gilroy, Curtis
A Demographic Profile of Minimum Wage Workers
In: Report of the Minimum Wage Study Commission: Volume 2. Washington, DC: U.S. GPO, 1981: pp. 153-213
Cohort(s): Older Men, Young Men
Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office
Keyword(s): Current Population Survey (CPS) / CPS-Fertility Supplement; Family Influences; Fathers, Influence; Minimum Wage; Schooling; Socioeconomic Status (SES)

This paper examines the demographic characteristics of minimum wage workers over the 1966-77 period using the Young Men's and Young Women's cohorts. Age, sex, race, and labor force status are the variables of primary interest.
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Gilroy, Curtis. "A Demographic Profile of Minimum Wage Workers" In: Report of the Minimum Wage Study Commission: Volume 2. Washington, DC: U.S. GPO, 1981: pp. 153-213
2. Kohen, Andrew I.
Gilroy, Curtis
The Minimum Wage, Income Distribution, and Poverty
In: Report of the Minimum Wage Study Commission: Volume 8. Washington, DC: U.S. GPO, 1981: pp. 1-30
Cohort(s): Young Men, Young Women
Publisher: U.S. Department of Labor
Keyword(s): Current Population Survey (CPS) / CPS-Fertility Supplement; Income Distribution; Income Dynamics/Shocks; Minimum Wage; Schooling

A portion of this paper describes the characteristics of minimum wage workers in terms of the distribution and level of income. Using data from the Young Men's and Young Women's cohorts, the demographic and labor force characteristics as well as non-wage income sources are examined.
Bibliography Citation
Kohen, Andrew I. and Curtis Gilroy. "The Minimum Wage, Income Distribution, and Poverty" In: Report of the Minimum Wage Study Commission: Volume 8. Washington, DC: U.S. GPO, 1981: pp. 1-30
3. Lakhani, Hyder
Gilroy, Curtis
Capps, Cavan
Logistic Microdata Model of Army Reenlistment
U.S. Army Research Institute PERI-RG Draft Working Paper, July 1984.
Also: http://www.abstractstorm.com/79/7919/A791961.html?searchTerms=Logistic~Microdata~Model~of~Army~Reenlistment~
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: U.S. Army Behavior and Systems Research Laboratory
Keyword(s): Military Enlistment; Military Personnel; Veterans; Wages

The 1981 NLSY, ages 19-24, is used to determine the shadow civilian wages of Army enlisted personnel on the verge of their first term reenlistment/separation decision. The use of NLSY data is an improvement over the previous studies which used civilian wages of veterans from sample surveys, which tended to bias civilian wages upward. The natural logarithm of civilian wages of the youth cohort in our model is a function of education, experience, experience squared, race, number of dependents and unemployment rate. All of the coefficients had the expected signs and all, except experience squared, were statistically significant at the 0.01 level. These coefficients were used to impute civilian wages of military enlistees who were eligible for reenlistment. The logistic reenlistment equations used micro data for 81 Military Occupational Specialties grouped into 17 occupationally homogeneous Career Management Fields. The explanatory variables for reenlistment or separation included relative pay (military pay/estimated civilian wage), selective reenlistment bonus (SRB), race, number of dependents, unemployment rates, and AFQT score (CAT I-III A). Almost all of the coefficients, except unemployment, had the expected signs and were statistically significant. SRB and relative pay were particularly important.
Bibliography Citation
Lakhani, Hyder, Curtis Gilroy and Cavan Capps. "Logistic Microdata Model of Army Reenlistment." U.S. Army Research Institute PERI-RG Draft Working Paper, July 1984.