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Institute for Research on Poverty Discussion Paper no. 1081-96 Welfare Recipiency and Welfare Recidivism: An Analysis of the NLSY Data
, 1996
"... helpful comments, as well as seminar participants at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the May ..."
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helpful comments, as well as seminar participants at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the May
the NLSY79 Survey Data
"... Children of the NLSY79 will soon be available on CD-ROM. This disc contains information about the children and young adults of the NLSY79. It also contains data from the 1986-94 child and young adult interviews as well as cognitive and socioemotional assessments. The 1996 survey collected informatio ..."
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Children of the NLSY79 will soon be available on CD-ROM. This disc contains information about the children and young adults of the NLSY79. It also contains data from the 1986-94 child and young adult interviews as well as cognitive and socioemotional assessments. The 1996 survey collected
CHILDREN OF THE NLSY79
"... On a regular basis, the main surveys of the NLSY79 have collected information on the experiences of NLSY79 women as they became mothers, including the birth and early childhood of their children. In 1982, the National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS) program obtained funding from the National Institute of ..."
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of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) to expand the collection of fertility information from NLSY79 women; in 1983, NICHD provided funds for prenatal care questions. Collection of data on children of NLSY79 women was further expanded in 1986, when NICHD began sponsoring a set of supplemental
The Wage Penalty For Motherhood
, 2000
"... Motherhood is associated with lower hourly pay, but the causes of this are not well understood. Mothers may earn less than other women because having children causes them to (1) lose job experience, (2) be less productive at work, (3) trade off higher wages for motherfriendly jobs, or (4) be discrim ..."
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) be discriminated against by employers. Or the relationship may be spurious rather than causal; women with lower earning potential may have children at higher rates. Using 1982-1993 NLSY data, we examine the motherhood penalty with fixed-effects models chosen to avoid spuriousness. We find penalties of 7 percent
The Effect of Education on Crime: Evidence From Prison Inmates
- California Research Bureau, California State Library
"... We estimate the effect of education on participation in criminal activity accounting for endogeneity of schooling. We first analyze the effect of schooling on incarceration using Census data and changes in state compulsory attendance laws over time as an instrument for schooling. Changes in these la ..."
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rates. We corroborate our findings on incarceration using FBI data on arrests that distinguish among different types of crimes. The biggest impacts of education are associated with murder, assault, and motor vehicle theft. We also examine the effect of schooling on self-reported crime in the NLSY
Union-Nonunion Differentials and Establishment Size: Evidence from the NLSY
- Journal of Labor Research
, 1999
"... We provide new empirical evidence on union-nonunion differentials using the 1990 wave of the National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth (NLSY) data set which allows us to exam-ine a broader set of fringe benefits than most other studies and provides a rich set of con-trol variables. Our major finding is ..."
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We provide new empirical evidence on union-nonunion differentials using the 1990 wave of the National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth (NLSY) data set which allows us to exam-ine a broader set of fringe benefits than most other studies and provides a rich set of con-trol variables. Our major finding
CHAPTER 2: THE NLSY97 7
"... documents the transition from school to work and from adolescence to adulthood. The survey sample is designed to represent U.S. residents in 1997 who were born during the years 1980 through 1984. The majority of the oldest cohort members (age 16 as of December 31, 1996) were still in secondary schoo ..."
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school during the first survey round and the youngest respondents (age 12) had not yet entered the labor market. The original sample includes 8,984 respondents. The NLSY97 collects extensive information on respondents’ labor market behavior and educational experiences. The survey also includes data
34 CHAPTER 3: THE NLSY79
"... The NLSY79 is a nationally representative sample of 12,686 young men and women who were 14 to 22 years of age when first surveyed in 1979. During the years since that first interview, these young people typically have finished their schooling, moved out of their parents ’ homes, made decisions on co ..."
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on continuing education and training, entered the labor market, served in the military, married, and started families of their own. Data collected from the NLSY79 respondents chronicle these changes, providing researchers with a unique opportunity to study in detail the life-course experiences of a large group
Time-inconsistency and Welfare Program Participation: Evidence from the NLSY. Working Paper
, 2004
"... Abstract We empirically implement a dynamic structural model of labor supply and welfare program participation for agents with potentially time-inconsistent preferences. Using panel data on the choices of single women with children from the NLSY 1979, we provide estimates of the degree of time-inco ..."
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Abstract We empirically implement a dynamic structural model of labor supply and welfare program participation for agents with potentially time-inconsistent preferences. Using panel data on the choices of single women with children from the NLSY 1979, we provide estimates of the degree of time
Report on the NLSY Round 16 Recti Experiment
, 1997
"... %is project w % tinded by the u.S. Depaflmcnt of bbor, Burmu of hbor Smlistim, under Contiact J-9.-J-0.0065 to ihe Center for hum Raourm Research, Ohio State Univemity. Opinions stated in this documeii”do not n=essarily repr-ent official position or policy of the U.S. Depafiment of Labor. me authors ..."
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authors grakfully acknowledge the tremendous benefit to [his project added by the valuable ~sistmce in tie analysis of the data from Dennis Dew, W Li, and Kate Baldwin; gelti”g us data and in helpins us to understmd them by Randy Olsen and Karima Nagi; mmmenb from Jonathm Veum md Chmlm PiemeC md help
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