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NLS Annotated Bibliography. 1968-1994 Edition, The
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The National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS), sponsored by
the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, are a set
of surveys each of which has gathered information at multiple points
in time on the labor market experiences of five groups of men and
women since the mid-1960s. Each group of at least 5,000 persons was
selected to be representative of all U.S. citizens born during a
given time period such that conclusions drawn about the sample group
would be generalizable to the experiences of the larger population.
This NLS bibliography is the result of an ongoing effort to maintain
and provide the public with an up-to-date record of research based on
data from the NLS. This year's edition contains approximately 2,400
summaries of NLS-based journal articles, working papers, and
dissertations that have been published during the past 25 years. It
couples newly found research for the current year with entries from
both the initial bibliography published in 1985 and the yearly
updates that have been published since 1986. The main body of this
publication contains NLS research arranged alphabetically by primary
author's last name. Entries are complete with citation, abstract,
specification of the NLS cohort or cohorts used in the research, and
an identification number for easy referencing. Four indexes are
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1994 EDITION
1968
The National Longitudinal Surveys of Labor
Market Experience
Terry W. Fahy, Editor
Columbus, Ohio
1994
This bibliography of research was prepared under Contract #J-9-J-0-0065 with thc Bureau of Labor
Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. None of its content is to be construed
as necessarily rcprcscnting
the official position or policy of the Department of Labor.
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PREFACE
The NLS Annotated Bibliography
The NLS bibliography is the result of an on-going effort to maintain and provide the
public with an up-to -date record of
research based on data from the National Longitudinal Surveys of Labor Market Experience (NLS). This
year's edition, the NLS
Annotated Bibliography: 1968-1994, contains approxi mately 2,400 summaries of NLS-based journal articles,
working papers,
and dissertations which have been published over the past 25 years. It couples newly-found research
for .he current year with
entries from both the initial bibliography published by Lexington Books in 1985 (The National Longitudinal
Surveys of Labor
Market Experience: An Annotated Bibliography) and the yearly updates thai. have been published by the
Center since 1986.
Arrangement of the Supplement
The main body of this publication contains NLS research arranged alphabetically by primary author's
last name. Entries are
complete with citation, abstract, specification of the NLS cohort or cohorts utilized in the research, ,,nd
an identification number
for easy referencing. Due to time constraints, approximately 30 entries
appear without abstracts. sour indices are provided at
the back of the volume which allow the reader to search NLS research:
(1)
by descriptor or keyword (Index A);
(2)
by title (Index B);
by NLS cohort (Index C); or
(3)
(4)
by primary )r sccondary authors (Index D).
The NLS
The NLS began in the mid-60s when the U.S. Department of Labor contracted with the Center for Human
Resource Research,
The Ohio State University to conduct longitudinal studies of the labor market experience of four nationally representative
groups
of the civilian U.S. population: mcn 45-59 years of age, women 30-44 years of
agc, as well as young men and women who were
14-24 years old in the 60s. Periodic interviews, bot, personal and telephone, have been conducted
over a twenty year period
with the over 5,000 members of these four cohorts. In 1979.
early personal interviews began with a fifth cohort of 12,686
young persons. both females and males, who were 14-22 years of agc in that year. Finally, during the 1986, 1988, 1990 and
1992 surveys of the youth cohort, data were collected on the socioemotional, cognitive, and physiological development
of a "sixth
cohort" of over 8,500 children born so far to female respondents of the youth cohort. More detailed information
on the various
NLS cohorts and public data files is provided in the NLS 1993 Handbook available from thc NLS Public Users' Office.
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Key to the NLS Cohorts
NLS cohorts:
The following key is utilized for easy identification of the various
of 1966.
Older Men who were 45-59 during the initial interview year
M:
of 1967.
Mature Women who were 30-44 during the initial interview year
W:
of 1966.
Young Men or "Boys" who were 14-24 during the initial interview year
B:
initial interview year of 1968.
Young Women or ''Girls" who were 14-24 during the
G:
of 1979.
Youth of both sexes who were 14-22 during the initial interview year
Y:
1 to 15 years of age in 1990.
Children of female respondents of the 1979 youth cohort who were
C:
The National Longitudinal Surveys in general.
N:
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Preface
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY: 1968-1994
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LIST OF INDICES
INDEX A: NLS RESEARCH BY DESCRIPTOR
595
INDEX B: NLS RESEARCH BY TITLE
619
INDEX C: NLS RESEARCH BY COHORT
669
INDEX D: NLS RESEARCH BY AUTHOR
675
NLS RESEARCH 1968
- 1994
I ABELL, TROY and LYON, LARRY.
"Do the Differences Make a Difference? An Empirical Evaluation of the Culture of Poverty in the U.S." American
Ethnologist
6 (August 1979):602-21.
This analysis of the culture of poverty in the United States produces several findings specific
to the theoretical propositions of
Lewis and subsequent critiques: (1) there are significant differences between the descendants of the lower class
and those of the
middle class in relation to family structure, the community school system, region of the
country, race, degree of urbanism, and
IQ; (2) the differentiating behaviors appear to be socially transmitted from
one generation to the next in terms of lower levels
of income, occupational prestige and IQ scores; (3) six predictive variables of educational, occupational,
and financial
achievement (race, region of the country, degree of urbanism, number of siblings, home reading material, and
IQ) also
differentiate the two classes; (4) individual and familial factors are more powerful determinants of educational and
occupational
attainment than structural or societal forces; (5) two thirds of the income gap between descendants of the
poor and those of the
middle class is determined by structural forces beyond individual efforts at change. These findings reveal
an explanatory model
supportive of Gans' theoretical conception of the causes of poverty: behavior is thus
a mixture of situational responses and
cultural patterns. This analysis of the NLS data gives empirical documentation to Lewis's original hypothesis
that certain
individual and familial behaviors differentiating the lower and middle classes are causally linked with occupational
prestige and
income. Yet, these cultural behaviors are not the primary factors in the perpetuation of economic
poverty. Cohort: B.
2 ABMA, JOYCE C.
"Alcohol Use Among Young Adults in 1988: Results from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth." Columbus, OH:
Center
for Human Resource Research, The Ohio State University, 1991.
This report describes some aspects of the drinking behavior of a nationally representative cohort of
men and women in the
United States in 1988. The data are drawn from the 1988 round of the NLSY, which include interviews with 10,466
men and
women who were 23 to 30 years of age. The descriptive analyses showed that males drank both more frequently and in heavier
quantities than females. Blacks drank less heavily and less often than whites and Hispanics. Socioeconomic
status is associated
with less abstaining, but more modest drinking patterns. Men and women who
were married and those who were parents were
less likely to drink, in terms of both frequency and quantity. Twenty percent of the sample reported experiencing
at least one
alcohol-related problem in the past year. About 15 percent of the sample experienced alcohol-related aggression problems, and
the same proportion experienced problems involving loss of control over alcohol intake. Alcohol-related problems in the
workplace were rare, with only 3.5 percent reporting any of those problems. A substantial proportion of the
men and women
had relatives whom they defined as having been alcoholics or problem drinkers--about 50
percent. Males with alcoholic relatives
were slightly more likely to either abstain or drink more heavily. As the number of reported alcoholic relatives increases,
so does
the percentage of respor lents having experienced alcohol-related problems in the past
year, and this relationship pertains to
both males and females. Further analyses should clarify these descriptive relationships by performing multivariate
analyses,
including a full range of factors associated with drinking. Cohort: Y.
3 ABMA, JOYCE C. and MOTT, FRANK L.
"Det:rminants of Pregnancy Wantedness: Profiling the Population irom an Interventionist Perspective." Presented: Pittsburgh,
International Symposium on Public Policies Toward Unwanted Pregnancies, 1990.
Issues related to the well-being of mothers and children from pregnancies that the mother deems unwanted
are of continuing
concern to researchers and policy makers. Using data on a cohort of young mothers from the NLSY, this paper investigates the
determinants of wantedness among women whose first pregnancies resulted in live births. A nontrivial proportion of
women
reported that they did not want their pregnancy at that time--34 percent. Multivariate analysis tested for the independent effects
of demographic factors as well as thc mother's family background characteristics, other attributes and behaviors
at the time of
the pregnancy, and maternal attitudes and aspirations, including fertility and education/work expectations. The analyses showed
that family background characteristics werc not independently related to pregnancy wantedness, but being black,
young and
never married retained thcir importance for a lower likelihood of pregnancy wantedness. It appears that motivation to limit or
postpone childbearing exists for white wornen, but for black women, orientations toward work are less incompatible with
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numbers of white and especially black women continue to have
childbearing. Regardless of motivations for childbearing, large
research and policy attention. Cohort: Y.
unwanted pregnancies, a phenomena which deserves continued
4 ABMA, JOYCE C. and MOTT, FRANK L.
High Risk Behavior During Pregnancy Among a National
"Is There a 'Bad Mother Syndrome? Evidence of Overlapping
Association of America Meetings, 1990.
Cross-section of Young Mothers." Presented: Toronto, Population
fetal
mothers engage in behaviors considered detrimental to
Growing evidence documents that significant proportions of
of prenatal care, excessive alcohol use, and the use of nicotine
development and infant health. These risk factors include neglect
of the behaviors during
the extent to which mothers who combine two or more
or other substances. This study explores
investigate the
distinct from those who engage in only one or none. The authors
pregnancy, constitute a subset potentially
of mothers. The 1979 through 1986 waves of the NLSY are
background factors and behaviors which differentiate thes .t groups
The study points to the limitations of population statistics on
used for analysis of first births for about 2000 younger mothers.
and investigates the potentially compounding effect multiple
prenatal behavior patterns that present each behavior separately,
risk factors can have on infants. Cohort: Y.
5 ABMA, JOYCE C. and MOTT, FRANK L.
Women." Family Planning Perspectives 23,3 (May/June
"Substance Use and Prenatal Care During Pregnancy Among Young
Research, The Ohio State University, 1991.
1991):117-122. Also: Columbus, OH: Center for Human Resource
duriug
examined for use of alcohol, cigarettes, and marijuana
Data on a cohort of young mothers from the NLSY were
(45 percent) were found to have used at least one of these
pregnancies leading to first births. A substantial proportion of women
during pregnancy than were Hispanic or black women; women
substances. White women were more likely to use a substance
with
likely than other women to use a substance. Compared
with a prospective father present in the household were less
likely to smoke cigarettes or marijuana during
well-educated and older women, less-educated and younger women were more
than one substance. Nineteen
drink alcohol. Only about 13 percent of women used more
pregnancy, but were less likely to
least
first trimester of pregnancy. Less-educated and younger women were
percent of the women received no prenatal care in the
substance
found no association between neglect of prenatal care and
likely to receive early prenatal care. Multivariate analysis
the prospective father was
the two behaviors shared likely antecedents, such as whether
use. Rather, the analysis revealed that
in the home prior to the pregnancy. Cohort: Y.
7 ABOWD, JOHN M. and CARD, DAVID.
Contracts." American Economic Review 77,1 (March 1987):50-68.
"Intertemporal Labor Supply and Long-Term Employment
variable than
model. One tcst is whether earnings changes are more
This paper compares a contracting model and a labor supply
When this test
less variable, as predicted by the contracting model.
hours changes, as predicted by the labor supply model, or
who never
earnings are somewhat more variable than hours for men
is applied to two longitudinal surveys, it was found that
earnings and hours not associated with measurement error occur at
change employers. The estimates suggest that changes in
fixed wage rates. Cohort: M.
8 ABOWD, JOHN M. and CARD, DAVID.
Changes." Econometrica 57,2 (March 1989):411-445.
"On thc Covariance Structure of Earnings and Hours
data from
individual earnings and hours over time. Using longitudinal
This paper presents an empirical analysis of changes in
hours. An
of thc covariance structure of changes in earnings and
three panel surveys, the authors catalogue the main features
is then
labor supply model and a fixed-wage labor contract model
interpretation of these features in terms of both a life-cycle
earnings
is a remarkable similarity in the covariance structure of
presented. Major findings of this research include: (1) there
of variance
from simple measurement error, the major componcnt
and hours changes across the three surveys; and (2) apart
equi-proportionately. Cohort: M.
in earnings and hours affects earnings and hours
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11 ACS. GREGORY.
'The Impact of AFDC on Young Women's Childbearing Decisions." Working Paper No. 4644, National
Bureau of Economic
Research. February 1994.
This research seeks to re-evaluate the relationship between AFDC and fertility by focusing
on births to women through the age
of 23 using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY). Using discretc time hazard
models, I examine the
impact of AFDC on births directly associated with AFDC,
on out-of-wedlock births, and on all births. I also examine the
importancc of AFDC on subsequent birthsbirths to women who already have
a child. I find that AFDC generosity has very
modest pronatalist effects, at best, on first births and virtually no effect
on subsequent births. Furthermore, exposure to AFDC
does not encourage future childbearing although mothers who received AFDC in the past
are more likely to receive AFDC upon
having a second child. Cohort: Y.
12 ACS, GREGOR'Y P.
"Welfare, Work. and Dependence: Analyzing the Potential Effects of Work-Related Welfare Reform." Ph.D.
Dissertation, The
University of Michigan. 1990.
This dissertation explores the impact of one welfare program, Aid to Families with Dependant Children (AFDC),
on (1) young
women's work and training decisions, referred to as investments in human capital, and (2) their
wages, known as returns to
human capital. Unobserved differences between women, like attitudes,
may both reduce work effort and increase welfare use.
The presence of such an unobservable fixed effect, as it is called, could induce
an overestimate of welfare's negative impact on
work. By using panel data from the NLSY, such fixed effect can be detected and unbiased estimates obtained. In the
presence
of a fixed effect, the Least Squares Dummy Variable (LSDV) technique generates unbiased estimates because
it exploits changes
in women's behavior over time and ignores the variation between women. However, if the unobserved differences
between
women are random then they do not include a bias, and a Generalized Least Squares (GLS) technique, which exploits both
sources of variation, provides more precise estimates. If the true effect is random, then the LSDV and GLS estimators should
yield similar results, and the GLS should be used. If the two estimates differ, then
a fixed effect is probably present and the LSDV
technique is preferred. Using several different specifications and using both predicted and actual
measures of AFDC use,
findings indicate that historical AFDC receipt has a small, negative impact
on women's work decisions. Women who received
AFDC enjoy substantially less wage growth over time than women who avoided the dole. AFDC recipients experience
slower
wage growth because they acquire less experience, education, and training than other women. In conclusion because AFDC
recipients can benefit from investments in human capital and the program
seems to inhibit investments, work-related welfare
reforms could reduce dependence on government aid. Cohort: Y.
13 ACS, GREGORY P. and WISSOKER, DOUGLAS.
'The Impact of Local Labor Markets on the Employment Patterns of Young Inner-City Males." Presented: Washington,
D.C.,
Population Association of American Annual Meeting, 1991.
Over the past two decades, both people and firms have moved from centralized urban areas to the suburbs. Some
argue that thc
resulting spatial isolation of thosc left in the inner-city has contributed to rising joblessness and concentrated urban
poverty. In
this analysis, the authors examine the relative importance of spatial isolation, individual characteristics, and the strcngth of local
labor markets on the post-schooling employment patterns of young men using data from the NLSY. Although inner-city
youth
unemployment rates are higher than those of other youth, the authors found that this reflects differences in individual and
city-wide characteristics rather than location within an urban area. Indeed, while living in
an inner-city appears to have little
effect on the employment patterns of youth. differences in the local economy measured by SMSA-level unemployment
rates
significantly affect the amount of time it takes youth to find jobs after leaving school and the stability of their employment.
Cohort: Y.
14 ADAMS, ARVIL VAN.
"Lessons from the National Longitudinal Surveys: A Commentary." Currcnt Issues in thc Relationship Between Manpower and
Policy. Spec Report 7, National Commission for Manpower Policy, 1976.
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