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Title: The Effects of Career Origins on Subsequent Socioeconomic Attainments
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D'Amico, Ronald |
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The Effects of Career Origins on Subsequent Socioeconomic Attainments Work and Occupations 12,3 (August 1985): 329-350. Also: http://wox.sagepub.com/content/12/3/329.abstract Cohort(s): Older Men, Young Men Publisher: Sage Publications Keyword(s): Career Patterns; Earnings; Occupational Attainment; Occupational Status; Transition, School to Work Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. An attempt is made to demonstrate that the institutional structures and environment of a worker's career origins shape opportunity structures and channel subsequent career developments. Specifically, the first job held after school is a particularly strong determinant of occupational placement and the earnings attainment of a worker late in his career. Data from the 1966 NLS of Young and Older Men are used to relate current earnings and occupational status to first-job characteristics. The findings indicate that the worker's first job does indeed strongly influence occupational attainments later in the career, but is less likely to be a strong predictor of earnings attainment. The survey also shows that the institutional effects on socioeconomic attainments are complex and not easily measured or explained. A study using firm-level attributes conducted over a longer period of time may reveal stronger effects of first job characteristics on workers' eventual attainment. |
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D'Amico, Ronald. "The Effects of Career Origins on Subsequent Socioeconomic Attainments." Work and Occupations 12,3 (August 1985): 329-350.
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