LEADER 04685nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910458175903321 005 20210604032013.0 010 $a1-281-43094-3 010 $a9786611430948 010 $a0-226-26182-4 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226261829 035 $a(CKB)1000000000400660 035 $a(EBL)408495 035 $a(OCoLC)476229347 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000112957 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11138819 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000112957 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10098853 035 $a(PQKB)11231020 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC408495 035 $a(DE-B1597)535681 035 $a(OCoLC)781254218 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226261829 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL408495 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10230029 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL143094 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000400660 100 $a19850926d1986 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe Black youth employment crisis$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Richard B. Freeman and Harry J. Holzer 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d1986 215 $a1 online resource (482 p.) 225 1 $aNational Bureau of Economic Research project report 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-226-26164-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographies and indexes. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tThe Black Youth Employment Crisis: Summary of Findings --$t1. Black Youth Nonemployment: Duration and Job Search --$t2. Transitions between Employment and Nonemployment --$t3. Layoffs, Discharges and Youth Unemployment --$t4. The Spatial Mismatch Hypothesis: Are There Teenage Jobs Missing in the Ghetto? --$t5. The Demographic Determinants of the Demand for Black Labor --$t6. Brothers of a Different Color: A Preliminary Look at Employer Treatment of White and Black Youth --$t7. Do Better Jobs Make Better Workers? Absenteeism from Work Among Inner-City Black Youths --$t8. Market Incentives for Criminal Behavior --$t9. Who Escapes? The Relation of Churchgoing and Other Background Factors to the Socioeconomic Performance of Black Male Youths from Inner-City Tracts --$t10. The Effects of Attitudes and Aspirations on the Labor Supply of Young Men --$t11. Do Welfare Programs Affect the Schooling and Work Patterns of Young Black Men? --$tAppendix: NBER-Mathernatica Survey of Inner-City Black Youth: An Analysis of the Undercount of Older Youths --$tContributors --$tAuthor Index --$tSubject Index 330 $aIn recent years, the earnings of young blacks have risen substantially relative to those of young whites, but their rates of joblessness have also risen to crisis levels. The papers in this volume, drawing on the results of a groundbreaking survey conducted by the National Bureau of Economic Research, analyze the history, causes, and features of this crisis. The findings they report and conclusions they reach revise accepted explanations of black youth unemployment. The contributors identify primary determinants on both the demand and supply sides of the market and provide new information on important aspects of the problem, such as drug use, crime, economic incentives, and attitudes among the unemployed. Their studies reveal that, contrary to popular assumptions, no single factor is the predominant cause of black youth employment problems. They show, among other significant factors, that where female employment is high, black youth employment is low; that even in areas where there are many jobs, black youths get relatively few of them; that the perceived risks and rewards of crime affect decisions to work or to engage in illegal activity; and that churchgoing and aspirations affect the success of black youths in finding employment. Altogether, these papers illuminate a broad range of economic and social factors which must be understood by policymakers before the black youth employment crisis can be successfully addressed. 410 0$aNational Bureau of Economic Research project report. 606 $aAfrican American youth$xEmployment$vCongresses 606 $aUnemployment$zUnited States$vCongresses 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAfrican American youth$xEmployment 615 0$aUnemployment 676 $a331.3/46396073 701 $aFreeman$b Richard B$g(Richard Barry),$f1943-$0118990 701 $aHolzer$b Harry J.$f1957-$0144334 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458175903321 996 $aThe Black youth employment crisis$92146658 997 $aUNINA