NLSY97 Tenth Anniversary Conference

May 29 & 30, 2008
Bureau of Labor Statistics Conference Center
Washington, D.C.

Agenda & Papers

Thursday, May 29

Morning Session: Chuck Pierret, Chair

Schooling Papers

• Lochner, Belley & Frenette.
  "Family Income, Ability and Post-Secondary Attendance in the US and Canada" Please contact Marc Frenette at Marc.Frenette@statcan.ca. We will post this paper when it is complete and ready for distribution.
• Wolpin & Merlo.
  "Youth Crime and High School Completion”
• Walker.
  “Choice, Enrollment and Educational Attainment
  within the NLSY79 and NLSY97”
• Kaestner & Grossman.
  “Effects of Weight on Adolescent Educational Attainment”
• Hill, Holzer & Chen.
  “Against the Tide: Household Structure, Opportunities, and Outcomes among White and Minority Youth”

Afternoon Session: Randy Olsen, Chair

Employment Papers

• Pierret & Gladden.
  “Employment Before Age 16: Does it Make a Difference?”
• Altonji, Bharadwaj & Lange.
  "Changes in the Characteristics of American Youth: Implications for Adult Outcomes"
• Black, Charles & Sanders.
  “The Problem with Men"
• Grogger.
  "Speech Patterns and Racial Wage Differences"
• Finlay.
  "Effect of Employer Access to Criminal History Data on the Labor Market Outcomes of Ex-Offenders and Non-Offenders"

Friday, May 30

Morning Session: Dan Black, Chair

Family Behaviors Papers

• Wu & Kaufman.
  “Two Decades of Change in Premarital First Births: Cohort Comparisons from the NLSY79 and NLSY97”
• Manlove, Scott, Ikramullah & Perper.
  “Relationship Context and the Transition to a Nonmarital Birth”
• Olsen.
  "The Desirability of Partner Traits and Two Decades of Change in the Marriage Market: A One-and-a-Half Sex Model of Marriage"
• Moore & Mbwana.
  "Preventing Risky Sex"

Risky Behaviors Papers

• Bellair.
  “Neighborhood Disadvantage, Gang Membership, Drug Dealing and Violence”
• Altonji, Cattan & Ware.
  "Identifying Sibling Influences on Teenage Risky Behavior”
• Pergamit.
  "Who Runs Away from Home?: An Exploratory Analysis"

Afternoon Session: Bob Michael, Chair

Methodology Papers

• Datta & Krishnamurty.
  "High School Experience: Comparing Self-Report and Transcript Data from the NLSY97"
• Aughinbaugh & Gardecki.
  Attrition in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997
• Black, Xia & Michael.
  “The Propensity to Agree to be an NLSY97 Respondent: Evidence from the Screener Data”