RT Article
T1 Illegal Earnings, Opportunity Structures and the Timing of Life Transitions
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 71
IS 9
SP 3062
OP 3093
A1 Nguyen, Holly
A2 Parker, Brandy R.
A2 McCarthy, Bill
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1932043004
AB We draw from theories of choice and the life course perspective to assess if earning money from crime during adolescence is associated with the timing of entry into stable employment, cohabitation and marriage and consider the timing of two key structural factors—incarceration and bachelor’s degree completion—that may attenuate any observed relationships. We analyze a subsample of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997. Results of proportional hazard models with propensity score matching suggest that illegal earnings in adolescence is associated with hastening incarceration and delaying bachelor’s degree completion. Illegal earnings in adolescence is directly associated with cohabitation, incarceration and bachelor’s degree completion are related to the timing of stable employment and marriage. Findings are discussed.
K1 Turning points
K1 Transitions
K1 Life Course
K1 Illegal earnings
DO 10.1177/00111287241268205