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Murnane, Richard J.; Willett, John B.; Braatz, M. Jay; Duhaldeborde, Yves – Economics of Education Review, 2001
Uses National Longitudinal Survey of Youth data to examine whether measures of male teenagers' skills (academic, reasoning, and self-esteem) predict their wages at ages 27 and 28. All three skill types help predict subsequent wages, but have differing importance in explaining white/minority wage gaps. (Contains 37 references.) (MLH)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Adolescents, Blacks, Education Work Relationship
Morrison, Donna Ruane; Glei, Dana – 1993
This study sought to construct a set of family strengths using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth - Child Supplement (NLSY-CS), and, if the family strengths' construct was possible, to discern whether the presence of these family strengths predict better outcomes for children. The original NLSY sampled approximately 12,000…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Development, Behavior Problems, Behavior Rating Scales