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Monthly Labor Review Articles  to top

• An analysis of long-term unemployment (July 2016)
  Donna S. Rothstein
  
  
• Fertility of women in the NLSY79 (April 2016)
  Alison Aughinbaugh and Hugette S. Sun
  
  
• The National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth: research highlights (September 2015)
  Alison Aughinbaugh, Charles R. Pierret, and Donna S. Rothstein
  
  
• Independence for young millennials: moving out and boomeranging back (December 2014)
  Judith G. Dey and Charles R. Pierret
  
  
• Marriage and divorce: patterns by gender, race, and educational attainment (October 2013)
  Alison Aughinbaugh, Omar Robles, and Hugette Sun
  
  
• Knowing younger workers better: information from the NLSY97 (September 2008)
  Dan A. Black, Robert T. Michael, and Charles R. Pierret
  
  
• Who goes to college: evidence from the NLSY97 (August 2008)
  Alison Aughinbaugh
  
  
• Sandwich generation: women caring for parents and children (September 2006)
  Charles R. Pierret
  
  
• The National Longitudinal Survey of Youth: 1979 cohort at 25 (February 2005)
  Charles Pierret
  
  
• Antecedents and predecessors of NLSY79: paving the course (February 2005)
  James R. Walker
  
  
• Education data in the NLSY79: a premiere research tool (February 2005)
  Kenneth I. Wolpin
  
  
• The transition from school to work: education and work experiences (February 2005)
  Julie A. Yates
  
  
• Job mobility and wage growth: evidence from the NLSY79 (February 2005)
  Audrey Light
  
  
• Self-employment, entrepreneurship, and the NLSY79 (February 2005)
  Robert W. Fairlie
  
  
• Worker training: what we’ve learned from the NLSY79 (February 2005)
  Harley J. Frazis and James R. Spletzer
  
  
• Children of the NLSY79: a unique data resource (February 2005)
  Lawrence L. Wu and Jui-Chung Allen Li
  
  
• The problem of respondent attrition: survey methodology is key (February 2005) Randall J. Olsen
  
  
• The NLSY97: an introduction (August 2001)
  Michael Horrigan and James Walker
  
  
• Youth Employment in the United States (August 2001)
  Donna S. Rothstein
  
  
• Youth initiation into the labor market (August 2001) Lynn Huang, Michael Pergamit, and Jamie Shkolnik
  
  
• Youth employment during school: results from two longitudinal surveys (August 2001)
  Donna S. Rothstein
  
  
• School-to-work programs: information from two surveys (August 2001)
  Mary Joyce and David Neumark
  
  
• Racial differences in youth employment (August 2001)
  Rosella M. Gardecki
  
  
• Measuring job security, (June 1997)
  Authors: Thomas Nardone, Jonathan R. Veum and Julie A. Yates
  
  
• Entry into and consequences of nonstandard work arrangements, (October, 1996)
  Author: Donna S. Rothstein
  
  
• Training among young adults: who, what kind, and for how long? (August 1993)
  Author: Jonathan R. Veum
  
  
• Interrelation of child support, visitation and work histories, (June 1992)
  Authors: Jonathan R. Veum and Andrea B. Weiss
  
  
• Child-care problems: an obstacle to work, (October 1991)
  Author: Peter Cattan
  
  
• Child Care, Arrangements and Costs, (October 1991)
  Authors: Jonathan R Veum and Philip M. Gleason
  
  
• Drug and alcohol use at work, (August 1991)
  Authors: Philip Gleason, Jonathan Veum, and Michael Pergamit
  
  

Beyond the Numbers Articles  to top

• Long-term unemployment over men's careers (August 2013)
  Donna S. Rothstein
  
  
• Patterns of homeownership, delinquency, and foreclosure among youngest baby boomers (February 2013)
  Alison Aughinbaugh
  
  
• A comparison of college attendance and high school coursework from two cohorts of youth (October 2012)
  Alison Aughinbaugh
  
  
• Employment, college enrollment, and training of young male veterans and nonveterans during the recent recession (June 2012)
  Donna S. Rothstein
  
  
• Young adult employment during the recent recession (May 2012)
  Donna S. Rothstein
  
  

Spotlight on Statistics  to top

• Fifty years of looking at changes in people's lives (September 2015)
  

Work and Family  to top

• Learning to do the Job (PDF 453K), 3/96
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• Promotions Among Women (PDF 252K), 3/94
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• Turning Thirty — Job Mobility and Labor Market Attachment (PDF 505K), 12/93
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• Never Too Old to Learn (PDF 181K), 9/93
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• Changes in Wages and Benefits Among Young Adults (PDF 581K), 7/93
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• Women in Their Forties (PDF 1015K) 4/93
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• Employer-Provided Training Among Young Adults (PDF 452K), 2/93
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• Work Patterns of Women Near Retirement (PDF 316K), 10/92
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• Jobs Held and Weeks Worked by Young Adults (PDF 236K), 8/92
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• Child-Care Arrangements of Young Working Mothers  (PDF 229K), 1/92
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Reports on Youth Employment   to top

• What Researchers Have Learned from the National Longitudinal Surveys About Youth Unemployment (PDF 1,621K), 8/92
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• Report on the Youth Labor Force: A detailed look at youth labor in the United States, including analysis of NLS data.

NLS Discussion Paper Series   to top

92-01.	How the Federal Government Uses Data from the National Longitudinal Surveys. Author: Michael Pergamit. (7/91)
92-02.	A Comparison of Computer-Assisted Personal Interviews (CAPI) with Paper-and-Pencil Interviews (PAPI) in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Authors: Norman M. Bradburn, Martin R. Frankel, Reginald P. Baker, Michael R. Pergamit. (5/91)
92-03.	Dynamic Models of the Joint Determination of Labor Supply and Family Structure. Authors: Saul Schwartz, Robert Hutchens, George Jakubson. (6/91)
92-04.	The Effects of Unemployment Compensation on the Unemployment of Youth. Authors: A. Colin Cameron, R. Mark Gritz, Thomas MaCurdy. (9/89)
92-05.	Evaluating Competing Theories of Worker Mobility. Author: Henry S. Farber. (3/92)
92-06.	Evaluation of the 1989 Child-care Supplement in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Authors: Frank L. Mott, Paula Baker. (10/89)
92-07.	Gender Differences in the Quit Behavior of Young Workers. Authors: Audrey Light, Manuelita Ureta. (3/90)
92-08.	The Impact of Private Sector Training on Race and Gender Wage Differentials and the Career Patterns of Young Workers. Author: Lisa M. Lynch. (7/91)
92-09.	Responses of Female Labor Supply and Fertility to the Demographic Cycle. Authors: Evangelos M. Falaris, H Elizabeth Peters. (12/89)
92-10.	A Study of Intercohort Change in Women's Work Patterns and Earnings. Authors: Anne Hill, June E. O'Neill. (12/90)
92-11.	Women's Employment During Pregnancy and Following Birth. Authors: Arleen Leibowitz, Jacob Alex Klerman, Linda Waite. (2/92)
92-12.	Work Experience, Job Tenure, Job Separation, and Wage Growth. Author: Lee A. Lillard. (8/91)
92-13.	Family Background and Labor Market Outcomes. Authors: Joseph G. Altonji, Thomas A. Dunn. (6/90)
92-14.	Self-Selection and Internal Migration in the United States. Authors: George J. Borjas, Stephen G. Bronars, Stephen J. Trejo. (3/90)
92-15.	The Determinants and Consequences of Public Sector and Private Sector Training. Authors: James J. Heckman, Stephen V. Cameron, Peter Z. Schochet. (11/92)
93-16.	Participation in Low-Wage Labor Markets by Young Men. Authors: R.Mark Gritz, Thomas MaCurdy. (9/92)
94-17.	Retirement in a Family Context: A Structural Model for Husbands and Wives. Authors: Alan L. Gustman, Thomas L. Steinmeier. (1/94)
94-18.	Transitions from School to Work: A Survey of Research Using the National Longitudinal Surveys. Author: Audrey Light. (4/94)
94-19.	High School Employment: Consumption or Investment. Author: Christopher J. Ruhm. (11/94)
95-20.	Informal Training: A Review of Existing Data and Some New Evidence. Authors: Mark Lowenstein, James Spletzer. (11/94)
95-21.	Characterizing Leave for Maternity: Modeling the NLSY Data. Author: Jacob Alex Klerman. (12/93)
95-22.	Employment Continuity Among New Mothers. Authors: Jacob Alex Klerman, Arleen Leibowitz. (3/94)
95-23.	Incentive Pay, Information, and Earnings: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Authors: Stephen G. Bronars, Carol Moore. (3/95)
95-24.	The Evolving Structures of Female Work Activities: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Surveys, 1967-1989. Author: Donald O. Parsons. (12/94)
95-25.	Poverty Dynamics Among Mature Women: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Surveys, 1967-1989. Authors: Donald O. Parsons. (1/95)
95-26.	Technological Change and the Skill Acquisition of Young Workers. Authors: Ann Bartel, Nachum Sicherman. (4/95)
95-27.	High School Employment. Author: Audrey Light. (6/95)
95-28.	The Effect of Interview Length on Attrition in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Authors: Laura Branden, R. Mark Gritz, Michael R. Pergamit. (3/95)
96-29.	Capital Market Constraints, Parental Wealth and the Transition to Self-Employment among Men and Women. Authors: Thomas Dunn, Douglas Holtz-Eakin. (8/95)
96-30.	The Intergenerational Effects of Fatherlessness on Educational Attainment and Entry-Level Wages. Authors: Jeff Grogger, Nick Ronan. (9/95)
96-31.	Training, Wages, and the Human Capital Model. Author: Jonathan R. Veum. (11/95)
96-32.	Assessing School to Work Transitions in the United States. Author: Michael R. Pergamit. (6/95)
96-33.	An Analysis of the Consequences of Employer Linked Health Insurance Coverage in the United States. Author: Eric P. Slade. (12/95)
97-34.	Report on the NLSY Round 16 Recall Experiment. Authors: Bernard Dugoni, Lisa Lee, Roger Tourangeau. (8/97)
97-35.	Employer Learning and the Signaling Value of Education. Authors: Joseph G. Altonji, Charles R. Pierret. (11/97)
97-36.	Employer Learning and Statistical Discrimination. Authors: Joseph G. Altonji, Charles R. Pierret. (11/97)

Last Modified Date: January 16, 2020