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Umana, Aniefiok J. |
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Postsecondary Vocational Training and Its Relationship to Labor Force Participation and Wages Among Youth in the United States Ph.D. Dissertation, Pennsylvania State University, 1992 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning Keyword(s): Employment; Labor Force Participation; Schooling, Post-secondary; Training, Post-School; Vocational Training; Wages, Youth The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between postsecondary vocational training and labor force participation, employment, and wages among youth in the United States. Postsecondary vocational training in this study refers to nonbaccalaureate, vocational training available from the following sources--company training, business and vocational school, apprenticeship. Data for this study were obtained from a longitudinal study of a nationally representative sample of noninstitutionalized youths in the United States--Youth Cohort of the National Longitudinal Surveys of Labor Market Experience (NLS-Y) for the years 1985 and 1986. Findings showed that participants as contrasted to nonparticipants in postsecondary vocational training are more likely to be employed or participate in the labor force. The unemployment rates among the participants in postsecondary vocational training were significantly lower than that of nonparticipants. In terms of hourly rate of pay, the analyses for two years (1985 and 1986) showed that participants with postsecondary vocational training received higher pay than did nonparticipants. Also, the average number of weeks worked in a year were higher for the participants than nonparticipants in postsecondary vocational training. For the most part, the NLS-Y respondents who were married, older, completed high school or received a GED, males, non-black and nonHispanic, and had no dependents were more likely to be employed or participate in the labor force, earned higher wages and worked more weeks. |
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Umana, Aniefiok J. Postsecondary Vocational Training and Its Relationship to Labor Force Participation and Wages Among Youth in the United States. Ph.D. Dissertation, Pennsylvania State University, 1992. |