The Youth Labor Market in the 80s: Determinants of Re-Employment Probabilities for Young Men and Women / Lisa M. Lynch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lynch, Lisa M.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w2021.

NBER working paper series no. w2021

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Other Title:

The Youth Labor Market in the 80s

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1986.

Summary:

This paper presents an analysis of the determinants of re-employment probabilities for young workers in the U.S. Using data from the new National Longitudinal Survey youth cohort a model is developed to analyze the transition probabilities from nonemployment to employment. The key factors examined include personal characteristics, unemployment income, local demand conditions, and duration dependence. There are significant differences between the labor market experiences of whites and nonwhites, and males and females. High school dropouts have many more difficulties in the labor market than those who remain in school longer and/or receive other types of training. Local demand conditions are a strong determinant of the duration of spells of nonemployment and there appears to be strong evidence of negative duration dependence in re-employment probabilities for both young males and young females.

Notes:

Print version record

September 1986.