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Title: Determinants of Early Labor Market Success Among Young Men: Race, Ability, Quantity and Quality of Schooling
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1. Kohen, Andrew I.
Determinants of Early Labor Market Success Among Young Men: Race, Ability, Quantity and Quality of Schooling
Ph.D. Dissertation, Center for Human Resource Research, The Ohio State University, 1973
Cohort(s): Young Men
Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning
Keyword(s): Discrimination, Racial/Ethnic; Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; Occupational Attainment; Schooling; Socioeconomic Status (SES); Unemployment; Wages

The study examines the effects of several hypothesized determinants of early labor market success among young men. Success is measured in terms of hourly earnings, social status of occupation, and annual unemployment experience. In a human capital theoretical framework, the following characteristics are hypothesized to affect success: socioeconomic background, health, race, mental ability, quantity and quality of schooling. Multiple regression analysis is applied to a three-equation model and several functional specifications of the success equation are tested. The study also generates estimates of the quantitative impact of current racial discrimination in the labor market. The data are from the l966 file of the NLS of Young Men and relate to out-of-school males 18 to 24 years of age who had completed at least 8 years of schooling.
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Kohen, Andrew I. Determinants of Early Labor Market Success Among Young Men: Race, Ability, Quantity and Quality of Schooling. Ph.D. Dissertation, Center for Human Resource Research, The Ohio State University, 1973.