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The Black youth employment crisis / Richard B. Freeman and Harry J. Holzer.
Lippincott Library HD6273 .F73 1986
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Freeman, Richard B. (Richard Barry), 1943-
- Series:
- National Bureau of Economic Research project report
- National Bureau of Economic Research project report.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American youth--Employment--Congresses.
- African American youth.
- Unemployment--United States--Congresses.
- Unemployment.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 468 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1986.
- Summary:
- In recent years, the earnings of young blacks have risen substantially relative to those of young whites, but their rates of joblessness have also risen to crisis levels. The paper in this volume, drawing on the results of a groundbreaking survey conducted by the National Bureau of Economic Research, analyze the history, causes, and features of the crisis. The findings they report and conclusions they reach revise accepted explanations of black youth unemployment.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographies and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0226261646
- OCLC:
- 12693773
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