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Author: Sum, Andrew
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1. Berlin, Gordon L.
Sum, Andrew
Toward a More Perfect Union: Basic Skills, Poor Families, and Our Economic Future
New York, NY: The Ford Foundation, March 1998
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Ford Foundation
Keyword(s): Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB); Delinquency/Gang Activity; Education; Educational Attainment; Educational Returns; High School Dropouts; Poverty; Schooling, Post-secondary; Sexual Behavior; Welfare

Permission to reprint the abstract has been denied by the publisher.

Bibliography Citation
Berlin, Gordon L. and Andrew Sum. Toward a More Perfect Union: Basic Skills, Poor Families, and Our Economic Future. New York, NY: The Ford Foundation, March 1998.
2. Harrison, Bennett
Sum, Andrew
Data Requirements for 'Dual' or 'Segmented' Labor Market Research
In: Counting the Labor Force Volume 1: Appendix Concepts and Data Needs. Washington DC: U.S. GPO, 1980
Cohort(s): Older Men, Young Men
Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office
Keyword(s): Employment; Longitudinal Surveys; Research Methodology

This paper reviews 10 major current and/or previously administered labor force, employment, and earnings surveys to assess the extent to which they collected data on the types of variables relevant to research on segmented labor markets.
Bibliography Citation
Harrison, Bennett and Andrew Sum. "Data Requirements for 'Dual' or 'Segmented' Labor Market Research" In: Counting the Labor Force Volume 1: Appendix Concepts and Data Needs. Washington DC: U.S. GPO, 1980
3. Taggart, Robert
Sum, Andrew
Berlin, Gordon L.
Basic Skills: The Sine Qua Non
Youth and Society 19,1 (September 1987): 3-21.
Also: http://yas.sagepub.com/content/19/1/3
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Sage Publications
Keyword(s): Childbearing; College Enrollment; Education; Educational Attainment; Fertility; GED/General Educational Diploma/General Equivalency Degree/General Educational Development; High School Dropouts; Poverty; Racial Differences

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

Using data from the NLSY and the 1980 Armed Service Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) administration, this paper examines the devastating impact that lack of basic skills and competencies has on the ability of America's young people to compete in school and in the workplace.
Bibliography Citation
Taggart, Robert, Andrew Sum and Gordon L. Berlin. "Basic Skills: The Sine Qua Non." Youth and Society 19,1 (September 1987): 3-21.