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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451262803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1982
• ISBN: 1-281-22344-1; 9786611223441; 0-226-26186-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (568 p.)
• Collana: A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
• Altri autori (Persone): FreemanRichard B <1943-> (Richard Barry); WiseDavid A
• Disciplina: 331.3/412; 331.3412
• Soggetti: Working class; Youth - Employment; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographies and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.