Do babysitters have more kids? The effects of teenage work experiences on adult outcomes
If the type of work undertaken while young affects either development of human capital or preferences, then early work experiences may have measurable effects on later life outcomes. This paper examines whether or not having a job as a teenager, and whether or not it is a childoriented job, causes differences in labor market behavior among young adults. While the effects we find are complex and sometimes hard to interpret, they suggest that work in 10th grade has a positive causal effect on later labor market outcomes and delays family formation, but to a lesser extent when jobs were child-oriented.
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2012-09
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Authors: | Erdogan, Zeynep ; Jacobsen, Joyce P. ; Kooreman, Peter |
Institutions: | Economics Department, Wesleyan University |
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