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Source: Institute of Education, University of London
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1. Garcia-Manglano, Javier
Working for Pay or Raising a Family? Work Expectations and Market Outcomes in Two Cohorts of American Women
Presented: London, England, Centre for Longitudinal Studies Conference, University of London, Institute of Education, November 2012
Cohort(s): NLSY79, Young Women
Publisher: Institute of Education, University of London
Keyword(s): Gender Differences; Labor Force Participation; Life Course; Occupational Attainment; Occupational Choice

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Despite the progress made in women’s access to employment opportunities, today a non-negligible proportion of women specialize in childcare and family work, engaging in market work in a part time, discontinuous basis. This study seeks a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying women’s weak employment trajectories. During the 1970s, new norms and expectations regarding women’s work spread rapidly in the United States. Taking advantage of this intense period of social change, I exploit variation in work expectations across two cohorts of American women, early and late baby boomers, who reached young adulthood before and after the onset of the gender revolution, respectively. Using data from two National Longitudinal Surveys –NLS-Young Women (1968) and NLS-Youth (1979)– I explore the mechanisms through which low work expectations in young adulthood shape human capital investments and lead some women to low and intermittent working trajectories across their adult life courses. Preliminary results show that, among women, holding low work expectations in young-adulthood is associated with lower human capital investments and a higher likelihood of entering female-dominated jobs. Low work expectations in young adulthood also lead to weaker employment trajectories and lower occupational attainment across the life course.
Bibliography Citation
Garcia-Manglano, Javier. "Working for Pay or Raising a Family? Work Expectations and Market Outcomes in Two Cohorts of American Women." Presented: London, England, Centre for Longitudinal Studies Conference, University of London, Institute of Education, November 2012.
2. Li, Jui-Chung Allen
Family Structure and the Timing and Quality of College Attendance
Presented: London, England, Centre for Longitudinal Studies Conference, Institute of Education, University of London, November 2012
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Institute of Education, University of London
Keyword(s): College Education; Event History; Family Structure; Socioeconomic Factors

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This paper examines the effects of family structure on college attendance for young women and men in the United States. Using event history models to analyze data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, I focus on the timing and quality of college attendance. I find that compared to children in two-parent families, children in stepparent and single-parent families are less likely to attend a college. Differences by family structure appear before age 21 and remain constant thereafter; and they come mainly from attending a four-year college, not a two-year college. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that children growing up in “non-intact” families are less likely than children growing up in “intact” families to attend college due to lack in economic resources. Moreover, children disadvantaged by family structure do not seem to catch up in college attendance once they do not enter college soon after high-school graduation.
Bibliography Citation
Li, Jui-Chung Allen. "Family Structure and the Timing and Quality of College Attendance." Presented: London, England, Centre for Longitudinal Studies Conference, Institute of Education, University of London, November 2012.