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The Effects of Early Work Experience on Young Women's Labor Force Attachment

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  • Sigal Alon

    (Princeton University)

  • Debra Donahue

    (Princeton University)

  • Marta Tienda

    (Princeton University)

Abstract

In this article, we examine women's labor force experience during the early life course in order to assess the conditions conductive to the establishment of stable labor force careers. To represent the complexity of women's work trajectories during young adulthood, we develop a conceptual framework that depicts a broad range of work activity profiles. Empirical results obtained using the NLSY show that three aspects of early experience influence mature women's labor force attachment, namely the amount of experience accumulated; the timing of work experience; and the volatility of that experience. Above and beyond these experience measures, we also find that background factors influence adult women's attachment to the market. The conclusion discusses the policy implications of these results.

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  • Sigal Alon & Debra Donahue & Marta Tienda, 2000. "The Effects of Early Work Experience on Young Women's Labor Force Attachment," Working Papers 315, Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Office of Population Research..
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    1. Avner Ahituv & Marta Tienda, 2004. "Employment, Motherhood, and School Continuation Decisions of Young White, Black, and Hispanic Women," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 22(1), pages 115-158, January.

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    Keywords

    NLSY; National Longitudinal Survey of Youth;

    JEL classification:

    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination

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