Macomber, Jennifer Ehrle
Pergamit, Michael R.
Vericker, Tracy
Kuehn, Daniel
McDaniel, Marla
Zielewski, Erica H.
Kent, Adam
Johnson, Heidi
Vulnerable Youth and the Transition to Adulthood
Urban Institute, Vulnerable Youth and the Transition to Adulthood Series, August 19, 2009.
Also: http://www.urban.org/publications/411948.html
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Urban Institute
Keyword(s): Adolescent Behavior; CESD (Depression Scale); Depression (see also CESD); Disconnected Youth; Ethnic Studies; Family Income; Gender Differences; Health, Mental; Immigrants; Neighborhood Effects; Poverty; Risk-Taking; Schooling, Post-secondary; Socioeconomic Background; Transition, Adulthood;

McDaniel, Marla
Kuehn, Daniel
Transition to Adulthood: African American Youth and Youth from Low-Income Working Families
Urban Institute, Vulnerable Youth and the Transition to Adulthood Series, August 27, 2009.
Also: http://www.urban.org/publications/411949.html
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Urban Institute
Keyword(s): Behavior; Disconnected Youth; Earnings; Education; Education, Secondary; Employment, Youth; Family Income; Racial Differences; Racial Studies; Risk-Taking; Transition, Adulthood;

McDaniel, Marla
Kuehn, Daniel
What Does a High School Diploma Get You? Employment, Race, and the Transition to Adulthood
The Review of Black Political Economy published online (09 October 2012): DOI: 10.1007/s12114-012-9147-1.
Also: http://www.springerlink.com/content/67q774x367386043/
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Springer
Keyword(s): Employment; High School Completion/Graduates; High School Dropouts; Labor Force Participation; Modeling, Hazard; Modeling, OLS; Racial Differences; Transition, Adulthood;

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We compare the employment of African American and white youth as they transition to adulthood from age 18 to 22, focusing on high school graduates and high school dropouts who did not attend college. Using OLS and hazard models, we analyze the relative employment rates, and employment consistency, stability, and timing, controlling for a number of factors including family income, academic aptitude, prior work experience, and neighborhood poverty. We find white high school graduates work significantly more than all other youth on most measures; African American high school graduates work as much and sometimes less than white high school dropouts; African American dropouts work significantly less than all other youth. Findings further suggest that the improved labor market participation associated with a high school diploma is higher over time for African Americans than for white youth.