The lag in employment and earnings of black men aged 16-24 relative to white men of that age is analyzed, mainly using probit models to explain employment-to-population ratios and using hazard rate models to estimate or lose jobs. We find that most of the rate at which young men gain smaller likelihood gap between white and black employment lies in the that blacks had any job during a given month. A second focus is on the methods of using SIPP. One innovation is that we appended market variables to the SIPP records, based on the SMSA of the respondent's residence, and estimated the effects of these market variables on the employment of young men.

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Marital Separation & the Well-Being of Children & Their Absent Fathers

June 1991

How to link absent fathers to their children and assessing an absent father's financial status, payment of child support, and potential for increased support.

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Receipt of Food Stamps by Households and Individuals in the SIPP

June 1991

SIPP results indicate that choosing between an individual- or household-based approach for estimating the length of food stamp receipt are virtually nil.

Working Paper

Job-Exits and Job-To-Job Transitions in the Unites States

June 1991

This paper examines the potential of data on job exits and job-to-job transitions from a new source--the 1986 Panel of the SIPP.

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