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Author: Seeborg, Michael C.
Resulting in 5 citations.
1. Israel, Mark
Seeborg, Michael C.
The Impact of Youth Characteristics and Experiences on Transitions Out of Poverty
Journal of Socio-Economics 27,6 (1998): 753-776.
Also: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053535799800067
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Elsevier
Keyword(s): Educational Attainment; Family Income; Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Mobility, Social; Parenthood; Poverty; Socioeconomic Status (SES); Substance Use; Teenagers; Weight; Well-Being; Work Experience

Examined the effects of a number of background characteristics such as early welfare dependency, substance abuse, teen parenthood, and parent's educational attainment on the family income levels of young adults who were impoverished as youth. Using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth database of 14-17 yr olds in poor families in 1979, the total effect of background variables on future well-being was analyzed and the paths through which this impact occurred were considered. This sample was interviewed annually from 1979-1990. Results show that many of these background variables had significant indirect influences on family income through intervening variables, especially the respondent's own educational attainment, welfare dependency, and work experiences. A model of intergenerational income level is presented. ((c) 1999 APA/PsycINFO, all rights reserved)
Bibliography Citation
Israel, Mark and Michael C. Seeborg. "The Impact of Youth Characteristics and Experiences on Transitions Out of Poverty." Journal of Socio-Economics 27,6 (1998): 753-776.
2. Seeborg, Michael C.
Effect of Marital Status on the Standard of Living of Young Men and Women
Journal of Business and Economics Research 2,1 (2004): 65-80.
Also: http://works.bepress.com/michael_seeborg/2
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Clute Institute for Academic Research
Keyword(s): Gender Differences; Income; Income Risk; Marital Status

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The National Longitudinal Survey of Youth data base is used to explore the effects of changes in marital status on the standard of living of a sample of young adults. OLS regression analysis indicates that changes in marital status have very different effects on young women and young men. Women receive large increases in their income-to-needs ratios when they marry, and they incur large declines in their income-to-needs ratios after experiencing a divorce or separation. Men, on the other hand, do not experience significant changes in their income-to-needs ratios when their marital status changes.
Bibliography Citation
Seeborg, Michael C. "Effect of Marital Status on the Standard of Living of Young Men and Women." Journal of Business and Economics Research 2,1 (2004): 65-80.
3. Seeborg, Michael C.
Effects of Marriage and Divorce on the Poverty States of Young Adults
Journal of Economics 22,2 (1996): 89-96
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: College of Business Administration, University of Northern Iowa
Keyword(s): Divorce; Economics of Discrimination; Economics of Gender; Economics of Minorities; Labor Market Demographics; Marital Status; Marriage; Modeling, Logit; Poverty

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The National Longitudinal Survey of Youth data base is used to explore the effects of marital decisions on the current poverty status of a sample of young adults who experienced poverty as youth. Logit analysis indicates that marital status is an important determinant of poverty for this sample. The results support three general conclusions: married men and women have a much lower likelihood of being poor in comparison to unmarried men and women; divorce is a significant determinant of poverty for both men and women; and, women are affected much more adversely by divorce or never having been married than are men.
Bibliography Citation
Seeborg, Michael C. "Effects of Marriage and Divorce on the Poverty States of Young Adults." Journal of Economics 22,2 (1996): 89-96.
4. Seeborg, Michael C.
Race, Poverty and Enlistment: Some Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth
Journal of Economics 20,1 (Spring 1994): 15-24
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Springer
Keyword(s): Economics of Minorities; Human Capital; Military Service; Minorities; Mobility, Economic; Modeling, Logit; Occupational Choice; Poverty; Socioeconomic Background; Training, Occupational; Vocational Rehabilitation

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This paper explores the determinants of enlistment for a large sample of male youth drawn from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Logit results indicate that the probability of enlistment is directly related to minority and poverty status while controlling for ability and a number of other socioeconomic background variables. In addition, an analysis of poverty transitions show that a very large percentage of enlistees in the early 1980s who were living in poverty at age 17 were successful in escaping poverty by 1990. An important conclusion is that the military can serve as a mechanism of upward economic mobility for disadvantaged youth.
Bibliography Citation
Seeborg, Michael C. "Race, Poverty and Enlistment: Some Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth." Journal of Economics 20,1 (Spring 1994): 15-24.
5. Seeborg, Michael C.
Kumazawa, Risa
Effect of Marriage, Divorce, Separation and Children on the Relative Standard of Living of Young Men and Women
Presented: Seattle, WA, Western Economic Association International Conference, 2002
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Western Economic Association International
Keyword(s): Family Income; Marital Status; Poverty

Seeborg and Kumazawa explore the effects of changes in marital status on the standard of living, as measured by the ratio of family income to the poverty level, of young men and women in the NLSY.
Bibliography Citation
Seeborg, Michael C. and Risa Kumazawa. "Effect of Marriage, Divorce, Separation and Children on the Relative Standard of Living of Young Men and Women." Presented: Seattle, WA, Western Economic Association International Conference, 2002.