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Author: Kalmijn, Matthijs
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1. Oppenheimer, Valerie Kincaid
Kalmijn, Matthijs
Life-Cycle Jobs
Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 14 (1995): 1-38
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: JAI Press, Inc.
Keyword(s): Career Patterns; Job Patterns; Job Status; Life Cycle Research; Mobility, Social; Racial Differences; Stratification; Unions

Based on occupation and industry data from the 1% 1970 Public Use Sample, a life-cycle job typology is used to distinguish youthful "stopgap" jobs from career jobs. Census and National Longitudinal Survey of Youth data indicate that stopgap jobs represent a life-cycle phenomenon for both black and white male youths, although more so for whites. Stopgap employment increased for young white males between 1970-1980 but decreased for blacks. Education and experience variables make a substantial contribution to the steep age gradient of stopgap employment and are important in explaining black-white differences in this age pattern in 1970 as well as the 1970-1980 changes. Implications of these differences for the youth labor market are explored. The extensive employment of more educated whites in low-level stopgap jobs places less educated youth (black and white) at a competitive disadvantage. Furthermore, factors that negatively affect the labor market position of nondisadvantaged youths may indirectly affect the employment position of low-skilled youth. 6 Tables, 4 Figures, 1 Appendix, 20 References. Adapted from the source document. (Copyright 1996, Sociological Abstracts, Inc., all rights reserved.)
Bibliography Citation
Oppenheimer, Valerie Kincaid and Matthijs Kalmijn. "Life-Cycle Jobs." Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 14 (1995): 1-38.
2. Oppenheimer, Valerie Kincaid
Kalmijn, Matthijs
Lim, Nelson
Men's Career Development and Marriage Timing During a Period of Rising Inequality
Working Paper, University of California - Los Angeles and Utrecht University, October 1996
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Author
Keyword(s): Career Patterns; Earnings; Education Indicators; Event History; Job Analysis; Marriage; Racial Differences; Schooling; Transition Rates, Activity to Work; Work Experience

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Oppenheimer, Valerie Kincaid, Matthijs Kalmijn and Nelson Lim. "Men's Career Development and Marriage Timing During a Period of Rising Inequality." Working Paper, University of California - Los Angeles and Utrecht University, October 1996.
3. Oppenheimer, Valerie Kincaid
Kalmijn, Matthijs
Lim, Nelson
Men's Career Development and Marriage Timing During a Period of Rising Inequality
Demography 34,3 (August 1997): 311-330.
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Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Population Association of America
Keyword(s): Career Patterns; Earnings; Education Indicators; Event History; Job Analysis; Marriage; Racial Differences; Schooling; Transition Rates, Activity to Work; Work Experience

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

Based on data from 1979-1990 NLSY interviews, we investigate the implications of rising economic inequality for young men's marriage timing. Our approach is to relate marriage formation to the ease or difficulty of the career-entry process and to show that large race/schooling differences in career development lead to substantial variations in marriage timing. We develop measures of current career "maturity" and of long-term labor-market position. Employing discrete-time event-history methods, we show that these variables have a substantial impact on marriage formation for both blacks and whites. Applying our regression results to models based on observed race/schooling patterns of career development, we then estimate cumulative proportions ever married in a difficult versus an easy career-entry process. We find major differences in the pace of marriage formation, depending on the difficulty of the career transition. We also find considerable differences in these marriage timing patterns across race/schooling groups corresponding to the large observed differences in the speed and difficulty of career transitions between and within these groups. ©2000-2002 JSTOR
Bibliography Citation
Oppenheimer, Valerie Kincaid, Matthijs Kalmijn and Nelson Lim. "Men's Career Development and Marriage Timing During a Period of Rising Inequality." Demography 34,3 (August 1997): 311-330.
4. Oppenheimer, Valerie Kincaid
Kalmijn, Matthijs
Lim, Nelson
Lew, Vivian
Men's Career Development and Marriage Timing: Race and Schooling Differences
Presented: New Orleans, LA, Population Association of America, May 1996
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Population Association of America
Keyword(s): Career Patterns; Earnings; Educational Returns; Event History; Job Analysis; Marriage; Racial Differences; Schooling; Work Experience

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

Based upon data from 1979-1990 NLSY interviews, this study investigates how the ease or difficulty of young men's transition to a mature working life affects first-marriage timing. We develop measures of career "maturity" and of current as well as long-term earnings position and, employing discrete-time event-history methods, show that these have a substantial impact on marriage formation for both blacks and whites. Using our regression results, we then estimate cumulative proportions ever-married under two career-entry scenarios: a "difficult" vs. an "easier" career-entry process. We find major differences in the pace of marriage formation, depending on the difficulty of the career transition. We also find considerable differences in these marriage timing patterns across race-schooling groups, corresponding to the large observed differences m the speed and difficulty of career transitions among these groups. In conclusion, we argue that studying men's career-entry process can make an important contribution to understanding trends and differentials in marriage timing.
Bibliography Citation
Oppenheimer, Valerie Kincaid, Matthijs Kalmijn, Nelson Lim and Vivian Lew. "Men's Career Development and Marriage Timing: Race and Schooling Differences." Presented: New Orleans, LA, Population Association of America, May 1996.