This application is in response to notice HD-01-004 regarding the NICHD Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01) in Population Research. Although the vast majority of teenagers work in paid jobs, past research offers contrary evidence as to whether paid work during adolescence is a cause, consequence, or spurious correlate of changes in health and well-being, risk behavior, and achievement during the transition to adulthood. My goal is to better address the controversy surrounding teenage employment. To accomplish this goal my first objective is to pursue coursework in demography and rigorous mentorship with key scholars in demography, sociology, criminology, and developmental psychology. This career development plan will involve: working with my mentors and advisory committee toward developing an interdisciplinary approach to paid work as it relates to health, achievement, and risk behavior during adolescence and early adulthood;eight courses in demography through the Population Research Institute at the Pennsylvania State University;paper presentations at conference meetings and the submission of manuscripts to academic journals;and the preparation and submission of a R01 grant proposal. My second objective, using longitudinal data from the Monitoring the Future study, is to address four research aims regarding this controversy: to study the role of early work experiences in the process of socioeconomic attainment;to study the effects of early work experiences on social, psychological, and behavioral development during adolescence and early adulthood;to document variation in early work experiences by gender, race and ethnicity, and socioeconomic background;and to document cohort variation in early work experiences. The proposed research plan will be based on two major sources of data collection from the ongoing Monitoring the Future (MTF) study. Based on a cohort-sequential design, this ongoing project continues to collect data on large (approximately 17,000 students per grade), nationally representative samples of 8th, 10th, and 12th graders each year, with biennial follow-up surveys of sub-samples from each 12th grade cohort and a limited number of 8th grade cohorts. The 12th grade cohorts have been followed into adulthood since 1976;three 8th grade cohorts - 1991-93 are also followed biennially into young adulthood (ages 26-28).
| Vuolo, Mike; Mortimer, Jeylan T; Staff, Jeremy (2016) The value of educational degrees in turbulent economic times: Evidence from the Youth Development Study. Soc Sci Res 57:233-52 |
| Staff, Jeremy; Johnson, Monica Kirkpatrick; Patrick, Megan E et al. (2014) THE GREAT RECESSION AND RECENT EMPLOYMENT TRENDS AMONG SECONDARY STUDENTS IN THE UNITED STATES. Longit Life Course Stud 5:173-188 |
| Vuolo, Mike; Mortimer, Jeylan T; Staff, Jeremy (2014) Adolescent Precursors of Pathways from School to Work. J Res Adolesc 24:145-162 |
| Staff, Jeremy; Greene, Kaylin M; Maggs, Jennifer L et al. (2014) Family transitions and changes in drinking from adolescence through mid-life. Addiction 109:227-36 |
| Vuolo, Mike; Staff, Jeremy (2013) Parent and child cigarette use: a longitudinal, multigenerational study. Pediatrics 132:e568-77 |
| Bachman, Jerald G; Staff, Jeremy; O'Malley, Patrick M et al. (2013) Adolescent work intensity, school performance, and substance use: links vary by race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status. Dev Psychol 49:2125-34 |
| Greene, Kaylin M; Staff, Jeremy (2012) Teenage employment and career readiness. New Dir Youth Dev 2012:23-31, 7-8 |
| Staff, Jeremy; Mortimer, Jeylan T (2012) Explaining the motherhood wage penalty during the early occupational career. Demography 49:1-21 |
| Vuolo, Mike; Staff, Jeremy; Mortimer, Jeylan T (2012) Weathering the great recession: psychological and behavioral trajectories in the transition from school to work. Dev Psychol 48:1759-73 |
| Staff, Jeremy; Vaneseltine, Matthew; Woolnough, April et al. (2012) Adolescent Work Experiences and Family Formation Behavior. J Res Adolesc 22:150-164 |
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