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Number of Jobs Held, Labor Market Activity, and Earnings Growth Among the Youngest Baby Boomers: Results From A Longitudinal Survey [NLSY79 Round 24]

July 25, 2012

The average person born in the latter years of the baby boom held 11.3 jobs from ages 18 to 46, with nearly half of these jobs held from ages 18 to 24. More...
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America's Youth at 25: School Enrollment, Number of Jobs Held and Labor Market Activity: Results from a Longitudinal Survey [NLSY97 Round 14]

March 05, 2013

Thirty percent of women and 22 percent of men earned a bachelor's degree by age 25. Men averaged 6.2 jobs and women averaged 6.4 jobs from ages 18 to 25. Five percent of male high school graduates who never attended college were in the military at age 25. More...
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