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America's Youth at 21: School Enrollment, Training and Employment Transitions between ages 20 and 21 [NLSY97 Round 10]

January 23, 2009

At age 21, women are more likely to be enrolled in college than men. Among 21-year-olds not enrolled in college, men are more likely than women to be employed in a civilian job or serving in the military. More...
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Number of Jobs, Labor Market Experience, and Earnings Growth: Results From A Longitudinal Survey

June 27, 2008

The average person born in the later years of the baby boom held 10.8 jobs from ages 18 to 42, with most of these jobs held from ages 18 to 27. Although job duration tends to be longer the older a worker is when starting the job, they continued to have large numbers of short-duration jobs as they approached middle age. More...
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  • January 23, 2009: America's Youth at 21: School Enrollment, Training and Employment Transitions between ages 20 and 21 [NLSY97 Round 10] (HTML) (PDF)
  • June 27, 2008: : Number of Jobs Held, Labor Market Activity, and Earnings Growth Among the Youngest Baby Boomers: Results From a Longitudinal Survey Summary (HTML) (PDF)

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