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Author: Yates, Julie A.
Resulting in 3 citations.
1. Nardone, Thomas
Veum, Jonathan R.
Yates, Julie A.
Measuring Job Security
Monthly Labor Review 120,6 (June 1997): 26-33.
Also: http://stats.bls.gov/opub/mlr/1997/06/art3abs.htm
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: U.S. Department of Labor
Keyword(s): Current Population Survey (CPS) / CPS-Fertility Supplement; Event History; Job Search; Job Tenure; Job Turnover; Self-Employed Workers

The Bureau of Labor Statistics has collected some information that can be used to analyze job security in the United States. In periodic supplements to the Current Population Survey, individuals are asked about job tenure. In February 1995, the Bureau conducted the first supplement designed to obtain more information on contingent jobs and alternative employment arrangements. In this article, data from recent CPS supplements are used to examine the quality and the nature of variables that are utilized to measure job security.
Bibliography Citation
Nardone, Thomas, Jonathan R. Veum and Julie A. Yates. "Measuring Job Security." Monthly Labor Review 120,6 (June 1997): 26-33.
2. Yates, Julie A.
The Transition from School to Work: Education and Work Experiences
Monthly Labor Review 128, 2 (February 2005): 21-32.
Also: http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/02/art4exc.htm
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: U.S. Department of Labor
Keyword(s): Bureau of Labor Statistics; College Graduates; Education; Employment; Longitudinal Surveys; Transition, School to Work

Data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 found that the average worker, approximately 5 years after leaving school for the first time, starts a job that will last 3 years; however, there was considerable variation by education.

Education is clearly linked to these employment processes. In high school, youths learn mainly general skills. These include not only hard skills such as literacy and numeracy, but soft skills such as punctuality, dependability, and following directions. Because of their youth, those seeking jobs just after high school may know less about the world of work and be less committed to a particular occupation. Likewise, employers of these youths have less information about their skills. Both employer and employee may look at entry-level jobs as a learning process by which each can evaluate the long-term potential of their "match." College graduates, on the other hand, invest more in specific skills and may acquire a greater knowledge of the job market within their field. They can match their interests to skills and reject potential career paths before entering the labor market. Employers of new college graduates have potentially greater knowledge of the particular skills of their new hires, and, because of the higher wages they must pay, more incentive to find a good match. For these reasons, matches between new college graduates and their employers may be expected to last longer than those between new high school graduates and employers. Youths who have left school without a high school degree are doubly disadvantaged; they lack both general and job-specific skills, and they face employers who have low expectations and little incentive to invest in their matches. Consequently, schooling choices may dictate the speed and ease of the school-to-work transition.

Bibliography Citation
Yates, Julie A. "The Transition from School to Work: Education and Work Experiences." Monthly Labor Review 128, 2 (February 2005): 21-32.
3. Yates, Julie A.
Rothstein, Donna S.
The Newest National Longitudinal Survey: The National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1997
Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society 38,4 (October 1999): 604-610.
Also: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/0019-8676.00147/abstract
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Institute of Industrial Relations, University of California, Berkeley
Keyword(s): Education; Family Background and Culture; Labor Force Participation; Transition, School to Work

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

The newest survey in the National Longitudinal Surveys program, the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (NLSY97), represents the U.S. population born during 1980 through 1984. Round 1 of the annual survey took place in 1997 and is now available to the public. Using data from the longitudinal NLSY97 survey, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will be able to identify characteristics that define today's youths' transition from school to the labor market and into adulthood. To achieve this, the NLSY97 survey collects extensive information on youths' labor market behavior, educational experiences, and family and community backgrounds from the youth respondents. One unique aspect of the NLSY97 is that round 1 contains a questionnaire asked of a parent or guardian that generates information about the youths' family background and history. This information will help researchers assess the impact of schooling and other environmental factors on these newest labor market entrants. Data from the NLSY97 also will aid in determining how youth experiences relate to establishing a career, participating in government programs, and forming a family.
Bibliography Citation
Yates, Julie A. and Donna S. Rothstein. "The Newest National Longitudinal Survey: The National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1997." Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society 38,4 (October 1999): 604-610.