NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH

The Youth Labor Market Problem: Its Nature, Causes, and Consequences

Richard B. Freeman and David A. Wise, eds.

Published in 1982 by University of Chicago Press
© 1982 by the National Bureau of Economic Research

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0608 pages
ISBN: 0-226-26161-1

Table of Contents

1. Front matter, The Youth Labor Market Problem: Its Nature, Causes, and Consequences : Richard B. Freeman, David A. Wise (p. -12 - 0) (bibliographic info) (download)

2. The Youth Labor Market Problem: Its Nature Causes and Consequences: Richard B. Freeman, David A. Wise (p. 1 - 16) (bibliographic info) (download)

3. Teenage Unemployment: What is the Problem?: Martin S. Feldstein, David T. Ellwood (p. 17 - 35) (bibliographic info) (download)

4. The Youth Labor Market Problem in the United States: An Overview: Richard B. Freeman, James L.. Medoff (p. 35 - 74) (bibliographic info) (download)

5. Why Does the Rate of Youth Labor Force Activity Differ across Surveys?: Richard B. Freeman, James L.. Medoff (p. 75 - 114) (bibliographic info) (download)

6. Economic Determinants of Geographic and Individual Variation in the Labor Market Position of Young Persons : Richard B. Freeman (p. 115 - 154) (bibliographic info) (download)

7. Time Series Changes in Youth Joblessness: Michael L. Wachter, Choongsoo Kim (p. 155 - 198) (bibliographic info) (download)

8. The Dynamics of Youth Unemployment: Kim B. Clark, Lawrence H. Summers (p. 199 - 234) (bibliographic info) (download)

9. Labor Turnover and Youth Unemployment: Linda Leighton, Jacob Mincer (p. 235 - 276) (bibliographic info) (download)

10. High School Preparation and Early Labor Force Experience: Robert H. Meyer, David A. Wise (p. 277 - 348) (bibliographic info) (download)

11. Teenage Unemployment: Permanent Scars or Temporary Blemishes?: David T. Ellwood (p. 349 - 390) (bibliographic info) (download)

12. The Employment and Wage Consequences of Teenage Women’s Nonemployment: Mary Corcoran (p. 391 - 426) (bibliographic info) (download)

13. Dead-end Jobs and Youth Unemployment: Charles C. Brown (p. 427 - 452) (bibliographic info) (download)

14. Family Effects in Youth Employment: Albert Rees, Wayne Gray (p. 453 - 474) (bibliographic info) (download)

15. The Minimum Wage and Job Turnover in Markets for Young Workers: Robert E. Hall (p. 475 - 498) (bibliographic info) (download)

16. Youth Unemployment in Britain and the United States Compared: Richard Layard (p. 499 - 542) (bibliographic info) (download)

17. Contributors: (p. 543 - 546) (bibliographic info) (download)

18. Author Index: (p. 547 - 548) (bibliographic info) (download)

19. Subject Index: (p. 549 - 555) (bibliographic info) (download)

 
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