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Title: What Have Researchers Learned from the National Longitudinal Surveys?
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1. Zagorsky, Jay L.
Gardecki, Rosella M.
What Have Researchers Learned from the National Longitudinal Surveys?
Journal of Economic and Social Measurement 25 (1998): 35-57.
Also: http://iospress.metapress.com/content/5et2x255j415ql9y/?p=a98cfad3710a428fa79ea6103004f3df&pi=2
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, Mature Women, NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult, NLSY97, Older Men, Young Men, Young Women
Publisher: Elsevier
Keyword(s): Attrition; Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI); Crime; Data Quality/Consistency; Educational Attainment; Intelligence; Job Search; Methods/Methodology; Migration; Overview, Child Assessment Data; Parents, Single; Retirement/Retirement Planning; Schooling; Wages; Work Experience

This article examines the National Longitudinal Surveys of Labor Market Experience, commonly called the NLS. The article first provides a brief overview of the information available in these long-running surveys. Second, it discusses the contributions of NLS-based research to various topics within the field of economics. Finally, it summarizes topics within the NLS questionnaires that have expanded recently to accommodate the changing circumstances of the cohorts.
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Zagorsky, Jay L. and Rosella M. Gardecki. "What Have Researchers Learned from the National Longitudinal Surveys?" Journal of Economic and Social Measurement 25 (1998): 35-57.