AFQT

AcronymDefinition
AFQTArmed Forces Qualification Test
AFQTAlliance for Quality Teaching (Colorado)
AFQTAir Force Officers Qualifying Test
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The left (right) two columns contain mean and standard deviations for White workers' (Black workers') scores on the AFQT, the percentage of those workers with only a high school diploma or below, their hourly wages, the percentile rank of their occupation in terms of [alpha], and the complexity of tasks performed there.
Racial Gaps, Occupational Matching, and Skill Uncertainty
the AFQT are in the middle class or higher-income brackets when they
BLACK MEN MAKING IT IN AMERICA: The Engines of Economic Success for Black Men in America
Average AFQT percentile in our sample (62nd percentile) is near the universal median, though we are missing AFQT score for a quarter of our sample (including all individuals who entered the military prior to 1987, the earliest date at which we can observe service-member characteristics).
THE EFFECTS OF JOB RELOCATION ON SPOUSAL CAREERS: EVIDENCE FROM MILITARY CHANGE OF STATION MOVES
The purpose of the empirical analysis reported in table 8 is to determine whether these differences in the AFQT measure of cognitive ability can explain any share of the higher relative rate of dropout behavior among low-SES boys in high-inequality places.
Income inequality, social mobility, and the decision to drop out of high school
(10.) Respondents were administered the AFQT in 1980 at age 15-23.
Labor market conditions at school-leaving: long-run effects on marriage and fertility
Other independent variables include the AFQT score, the number of siblings, the region of the country where the respondent currently lives, the amount of education of the mother and father, age, gender, race, and Hispanic origin.
The effect of birth order on occupational choice
(13) The AFQT is administered by the military to determine qualification for enlistment.
Land of opportunity: economic mobility in the United States
I will focus on the composite AFQT score, which is used as a screening device by the military and has been used in many previous economic studies.
Black-white differences in intergenerational economic mobility in the United States
Among Hispanic and white men, the pay gap narrows to 8 percent after adjusting for years of schooling and disappears altogether with the addition of AFQT scores.
The Declining Importance of Race and Gender in the Labor Market
and the AFQT) all predict final technical school grades
Adolescent occupational aspirations: test of Gottfredson's theory of circumscription and compromise
divided women into high, medium, and low skill categories based on their Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) scores.
How childbearing affects women's wages
Al controlar por la habilidad (AFQT), los resultados evidencian una caida en las brechas salariales.
Desigualdad etnico-racial en la distribucion del ingreso en Colombia: un analisis a partir de regresion cuantilica
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