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Title: Consequences of Racial Disparities in Young Women's Early Labor Market Behavior
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1. Alon, Sigal
Consequences of Racial Disparities in Young Women's Early Labor Market Behavior
Presented: Los Angeles, CA, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, March 2000
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Population Association of America
Keyword(s): Employment; Employment, In-School; Hispanics; Human Capital Theory; Wages; Wages, Women; Wages, Young Women; Women; Work Experience; Work History

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By age 30 women of different racial/ethnic groups have similar rates of full-time employment, yet they exhibit considerable wage inequality. I hypothesize that young women's early work experiences produce different "human capital profiles," which affect future earnings prospects. Utilizing an inclusive definition to include transitions among employers, full and part-time employment, and labor force states (employment and non-employment), I develop a conceptual scheme that captures the dynamic aspects of women's labor market behavior from age 16 to 30. Using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (Work History file) I examine various job transitions of young women over this 15-year period. Results confirm that there are substantial differences among racial/ethnic groups in the acquisition of employment experience, and that these differences help explain wage dispersion by Race and Hispanic origin. The type and timing of transitions at younger ages are critical to the wage prospects of those women at mature age.
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Alon, Sigal. "Consequences of Racial Disparities in Young Women's Early Labor Market Behavior." Presented: Los Angeles, CA, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, March 2000.