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Author: Jones, Elizabeth D.
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1. Jones, Elizabeth D.
Racial Comparisons of Female Labor Market Entry Models
M.A. Thesis, Baylor University, 1979
Cohort(s): Young Women
Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning
Keyword(s): Discrimination; Discrimination, Job; Discrimination, Racial/Ethnic; Earnings; Educational Attainment; Employment; I.Q.; Occupational Status; Socioeconomic Status (SES)

Attempts to discover the main determinants of variation in education, income, and occupational prestige for black and white females entering the job market reveal that in both the black and white models, years of education completed was the prime predictor of income and occupational prestige. The most pronounced difference between the models lies in the importance of structural and social-psychological variables for the black model as compared to the white model. Labor market discrimination appears to exist for occupational prestige but not for income.
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Jones, Elizabeth D. Racial Comparisons of Female Labor Market Entry Models. M.A. Thesis, Baylor University, 1979.
2. Jones, Elizabeth D.
Racial Comparisons of Female Labor Market Entry Models
Presented: Dallas, TX, Meetings of the Southwestern Sociological Association, April 1979
Cohort(s): Young Women
Publisher: Southwestern Sociological Association
Keyword(s): Discrimination, Job; Discrimination, Racial/Ethnic; Education Indicators; Income; Labor Economics; Labor Force Participation; Labor Market Segmentation; Occupational Prestige; Occupations, Female; Racial Studies

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Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey, an attempt is made to discover the main determinants of variation in education, income, & occupational prestige for black & white Fs entering the job market. The sample includes responses from women ages 14-24 years. Both stepwise multiple regression & path analysis are used to develop the causal models which include both structural & social/psychological variables. In both the black & the white models the years of education completed was the prime predictor of occupational prestige & income. For white Fs, IQ & parental socioeconomic status were strategic in determining education, whereas parental financial help & friends attending Coll were predictors for blacks. However, the most pronounced difference between the two models is the importance of the structural variables & social/psychological variables for the black model. Estimates of labor market discrimination are also made. There appears to be discrimination in terms of occupational prestige but not income. Policy recommendations are made to remedy the racial gap. (Copyright 1979, Sociological Abstracts, Inc., all rights reserved.)
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Jones, Elizabeth D. "Racial Comparisons of Female Labor Market Entry Models." Presented: Dallas, TX, Meetings of the Southwestern Sociological Association, April 1979.
3. Lyon, Larry
Abell, Troy
Jones, Elizabeth D.
Rector-Owen, Holley
The National Longitudinal Surveys Data for Labor Market Entry: Evaluating the Small Effects of Race Discrimination and the Large Effects of Sex Discrimination
Social Problems 29,5 (June 1982): 524-539.
Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/800401
Cohort(s): Young Men, Young Women
Publisher: University of California Press
Keyword(s): Discrimination; Discrimination, Racial/Ethnic; Discrimination, Sex; Earnings; Employment; Family Influences; Locus of Control (see Rotter Scale); Occupational Status; Rotter Scale (see Locus of Control); Socioeconomic Status (SES); Work Knowledge

This paper constructs racially and sexually comparative models of labor market entry to assess the effects of individual differences and labor market discrimination. Traditional measures of racial discrimination in the labor market are of relatively small importance in explaining prestige and income gaps compared to the effect of individual differences. Measures of sexual discrimination, however, are of considerable importance in accounting for the differences in prestige and income between male and female workers. Sexual discrimination works against women in the allocation of income, but against men for occupational prestige, a pattern that holds for both black and white workers. Discrimination against men for prestige is the logical counterpart of discrimination against women for income. Women should be considered theoretically and empirically distinct from blacks when minority relations are analyzed.
Bibliography Citation
Lyon, Larry, Troy Abell, Elizabeth D. Jones and Holley Rector-Owen. "The National Longitudinal Surveys Data for Labor Market Entry: Evaluating the Small Effects of Race Discrimination and the Large Effects of Sex Discrimination." Social Problems 29,5 (June 1982): 524-539.
4. Ruch-Ross, Holly S.
Jones, Elizabeth D.
Musick, Judith S.
Comparing Outcomes in a Statewide Program for Adolescent Mothers with Outcomes in a National Sample
Family Planning Perspectives 24,2 (March-April 1992): 66-71+96.
Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2135468
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Alan Guttmacher Institute
Keyword(s): Adolescent Behavior; Adolescent Fertility; Age at First Birth; Hispanics; Mothers, Adolescent; Sexual Activity

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Article on impact of the Illinois Ounce of Prevention Fund (OPF) Parents Too Soon Project, an intervention program for teenage mothers. Data are based on a study of 1,004 women age 19 and under who were pregnant or had one child and were enrolled in the OPF program during 1985-87, with comparative data for a sample of 790 young mothers from National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth (NLSY) conducted during 1979-82. Includes 2 tables showing the following: a. Characteristics of OPF and NLSY participants, including race and Hispanic ethnicity, current age, and age at 1st birth; school enrollment and employment status, educational attainment, marital status, living arrangement, whether receiving AFDC, and contraceptive use status, as of baseline survey and 12 months later; and whether experiencing subsequent pregnancy, as of 12 months after baseline survey. b. Statistical analyses comparing OPF and NLSY participants\' likelihood of experiencing a subsequent pregnancy, being employed, and being enrolled in school, 12 months after baseline survey, with controls for selected participant characteristics.
Bibliography Citation
Ruch-Ross, Holly S., Elizabeth D. Jones and Judith S. Musick. "Comparing Outcomes in a Statewide Program for Adolescent Mothers with Outcomes in a National Sample." Family Planning Perspectives 24,2 (March-April 1992): 66-71+96.