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1.	Gladden, Tricia Lynn Taber, Christopher Robert
1.	The Relationship Between Wage Growth and Wage Levels JCPR Working Paper 173, Joint Center for Poverty Research, Northwestern University/University of Chicago, October 2000. Also: http://www.northwestern.edu/ipr/jcpr/workingpapers/wpfiles/TaberGladdenSG2000.pdf Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Joint Center for Poverty Research Keyword(s): Endogeneity; Heterogeneity; Job Training; Modeling, Fixed Effects; Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID); Skill Formation; Skilled Workers; Wage Growth; Wage Levels; Work Experience Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. In the last thirty years we have witnessed large increases in the "returns to skill." These changes in the wage structure have renewed interest in increasing the skill levels of low skill workers. Attempts to do this through job training programs have been largely unsuccessful as the wage gains from these programs tend to be quite modest. In rethinking questions about subsidizing skill formation it is useful to step back and explore the issue of wage growth among low skilled workers. Despite the large amount of work in labor economics devoted towards the wage process we know surprisingly little about the mechanics of wage growth, particularly among low skilled workers. This work furthers this knowledge by exploring the link between wage growth and wage levels building on our previous work. While many different policies to raise the wages of low wage workers have been proposed, the simplest and most common is increasing labor force attachment. One of the most robust findings in labor economics is that wages increase with work experience, however very little of this work has estimated the extent of this growth among low wage workers. In part, this hole in the literature may have arisen because there are serious econometric issues behind the wage growth process involving parameter heterogeneity, endogeneity, and selection issues. We are attempting this hole and address these issues. This work extends the literature on the covariance structure of wages by focusing on low skill workers using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth and the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. Our previous work indicates that in examining wage growth among the poor, it is extremely important to include measures of actual experience. This is problematic in that labor market experience is likely to be endogenous and related to wage levels and wage growth. We have developed a framework that allows for these relationships. It incorporates individual "fixed effects" in both wage levels and wag e growth. We are estimating this model using Generalized Methods of Moments. Our results to date find little relationship between wage levels and log wage growth. After completing this, we will simulate the impact of labor force participation on future wages of low wage workers. Identification requires strong assumptions about the error structure. While we cannot completely avoid these type of assumptions, we will test the robustness of the results using a wide range of alternatives.
	Bibliography Citation Gladden, Tricia Lynn and Christopher Robert Taber. "The Relationship Between Wage Growth and Wage Levels." JCPR Working Paper 173, Joint Center for Poverty Research, Northwestern University/University of Chicago, October 2000.

2.	Gladden, Tricia Lynn Taber, Christopher Robert
2.	The Relationship Between Wage Growth and Wage Levels Journal of Applied Econometrics 24,6 (September-October 2009): 914-932. Also: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jae.1072/full Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Wiley Online Keyword(s): Wage Growth; Wage Levels; Wages; Work Experience Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. We estimate the covariance between the permanent component of wages and a random coefficient on experience in models both with potential experience and with actual experience. Actual experience is allowed to be arbitrarily correlated with both the permanent component of wages and the random component on experience. We find no evidence that workers of higher ability experience faster wage growth. Our point estimates suggest that a worker with a one standard deviation higher level of permanent ability would have a return to annual potential experience that is 0.61 of a percentage point lower. The analogous point estimate for actual experience is 0.87 of a point lower. Contrary to the popular perception, wage growth among low-skill workers appears to be at least as high as that for a medium-skilled worker. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
	Bibliography Citation Gladden, Tricia Lynn and Christopher Robert Taber. "The Relationship Between Wage Growth and Wage Levels." Journal of Applied Econometrics 24,6 (September-October 2009): 914-932.

3.	Pierret, Charles R. Gladden, Tricia Lynn
3.	Employment Before Age 16: Does It Make a Difference? Presented: Washington, DC, Bureau of Labor Statistics Conference Center, NLSY97 Tenth Anniversary Conference, May 29-30, 2008. Also: http://harrisschool.uchicago.edu/Research/conferences/NLSYConf/pdf/pierret.pdf Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: U.S. Department of Labor Keyword(s): Employment; Employment, In-School; Employment, Youth; Teenagers In this paper, we will investigate the early employment experiences of young people and their correlation with medium term outcomes in the areas of education, employment, and social behavior. Ultimately, our goal is to determine which of the two perspectives has the greatest support. In this preliminary draft, we attempt to discover the relationships between early employment and these outcomes, while remaining agnostic about the causal relationships. We start with a review of the literature on early employment and its impacts. In Section II we talk briefly about the NLSY97 and the way in which early employment experiences are collected. We also look at what determines early employment and how employment progresses over time. Section III provides estimates of models of the relationship between early employment and medium-term outcomes. Section IV concludes.
	Bibliography Citation Pierret, Charles R. and Tricia Lynn Gladden. "Employment Before Age 16: Does It Make a Difference?." Presented: Washington, DC, Bureau of Labor Statistics Conference Center, NLSY97 Tenth Anniversary Conference, May 29-30, 2008.

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