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Title: Labor Force Experiences of a National Sample of Young Adult Men: The Role of Drug Involvement
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Kandel, Denise B. Davies, Mark |
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Labor Force Experiences of a National Sample of Young Adult Men: The Role of Drug Involvement Youth and Society 21,4 (June 1990): 411-445. Also: http://yas.sagepub.com/content/21/4/411 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Sage Publications Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; Cigarette Use (see Smoking); Drug Use; Earnings; Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; Labor Force Participation; Mobility; Unemployment Duration Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. The impact of the use of legal and illegal drugs on the labor force experiences of young adult men was investigated in the male sample (N not given) of the NLSY (ages 19-27 in 1984). Examined over an annual interval (1984/85) were hourly wage rate, number of employers, number of employment gaps, and number of weeks unemployed. Controlling for human capital resources, health, lifestyle characteristics, and local unemployment rate, illicit drug use was found to impact three aspects of work performance, but not wage rate. Use of cocaine increased job mobility, the number of gaps between employment spells, and duration of unemployment. The deterioration in labor force performance that results from drug use appears to reflect the impact of drug use itself over and beyond the impact of self-selection factors that determine initial drug involvement. Results also indicate that job mobility early in work careers lowers the earnings of young workers. The job search paradigm, in which a change of employers is assumed to maximize the fit between workers and jobs, does not apply to all young men. Job changes may result from different causes among different subgroups of the population, and do not necessarily lead to optimization of job rewards. (Sociological Abstracts, Inc.). |
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Kandel, Denise B. and Mark Davies. "Labor Force Experiences of a National Sample of Young Adult Men: The Role of Drug Involvement." Youth and Society 21,4 (June 1990): 411-445.
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