TY - JOUR
T1 - The effects of early work experience on young women's labor force attachment
AU - Alon, Sigal
AU - Donahoe, Debra
AU - Tienda, Marta
N1 - Funding Information:
"" This research was supported by grants from the National Science Foundation (SBER #94-23230), NICHD (ST32HD07163-20), the MacArthur Foundation Network on Successful Development among Youth Reared in High Risk Settings, and the w: T. Grant Foundation to the Office ofPopulation Research,Princeton University. Direct all correspondenceto SigalAlon, Office of Population Research, Wallace Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08540. E-mail: [email protected].
PY - 2001/3
Y1 - 2001/3
N2 - In this article, we examine women's labor force experience during the early life course in order to assess the conditions conducive 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.
AB - In this article, we examine women's labor force experience during the early life course in order to assess the conditions conducive 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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U2 - 10.1353/sof.2001.0002
DO - 10.1353/sof.2001.0002
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AN - SCOPUS:0035529683
SN - 0037-7732
VL - 79
SP - 1005
EP - 1034
JO - Social Forces
JF - Social Forces
IS - 3
ER -
