The youth labor market problem : its nature, causes, and consequences / edited by Ricard B. Freeman and David A. Wise.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Freeman, Richard B. (Richard Barry), 1943-

Wise, David A.

Series:

Conference report (National Bureau of Economic Research)

A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Working class--Congresses.

Working class.

Youth--Employment--Congresses.

Youth.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (568 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1982.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume brings together a massive body of much-needed research information on a problem of crucial importance to labor economists, policy makers, and society in general: unemployment among the young. The thirteen studies detail the ambiguity and inadequacy of our present standard statistics as applied to youth employment, point out the error in many commonly accepted views, and show that many critically important aspects of this problem are not adequately understood. These studies also supply a significant amount of raw data, furnish a platform for further research and theoretical work in labor economics, and direct attention to promising avenues for future programs.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

1. The Youth Labor Market Problem: Its Nature Causes and Consequences

2. Teenage Unemployment: What is the Problem?

3. The Youth Labor Market Problem in the United States: An Overview

4. Why Does the Rate of Youth Labor Force Activity Differ across Surveys?

5. Economic Determinants of Geographic and Individual Variation in the Labor Market Position of Young Persons

6. Time Series Changes in Youth Joblessness

7. The Dynamics of Youth Unemployment

8. Labor Turnover and Youth Unemployment

9. High School Preparation and Early Labor Force Experience

10. Teenage Unemployment: Permanent Scars or Temporary Blemishes?

1.1 The Employment and Wage Consequences of Teenage Women's Nonemployment

12. Dead-end Jobs and Youth Unemployment

13. Family Effects in Youth Employment

14. The Minimum Wage and Job Turnover in Markets for Young Workers

15. Youth Unemployment in Britain and the United States Compared

Contributors

Author Index

Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

ISBN:

9786611223441

9781281223449

1281223441

9780226261867

0226261867

OCLC:

476229840