Search Results
Title: Earnings, Occupational Choice, and the Early Years of Family Formation, White and Black Women: A Study from the NLS
Resulting in 1 citation.
| 1. |
Gregory, Paul R. Moore, William J. |
|
Earnings, Occupational Choice, and the Early Years of Family Formation, White and Black Women: A Study from the NLS Report, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 1977 Cohort(s): Young Women Publisher: U.S. Department of Labor Keyword(s): Assets; Children; Earnings; Family Background and Culture; Fertility; Marriage; Occupational Aspirations; Schooling; Socioeconomic Status (SES); Work Attitudes This project emphasizes the impacts of children and economic variables upon the labor force participation, hours and weeks worked, occupational and educational choices, and market wages of young women (NLS Young Women, l4-24). We find that the presence of young children in the home has a more important impact on the labor supply of young married women than do standard economic variables and that the impact of children and economic variables such as wages and husband's income is greater for young than for the mature women NLS sample. As to market wages, we find that the presence of a child under three reduces market wages and results in a lifetime earnings loss equal to roughly two years earnings. We also find differential child effects on white and black wages. We find that occupational and educational choices of young women are strongly interrelated and are influenced by home environment and family assets. Comparisons of married and singles and whites and blacks reveal significant differences. |
|
|
Bibliography Citation
Gregory, Paul R. and William J. Moore. "Earnings, Occupational Choice, and the Early Years of Family Formation, White and Black Women: A Study from the NLS." Report, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 1977. |