7. The Dynamics of Youth Unemployment

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. 1. The Youth Labor Market Problem: Its Nature Causes and Consequences 1
4. 2. Teenage Unemployment: What is the Problem? 17
5. 3. The Youth Labor Market Problem in the United States: An Overview 35
6. 4. Why Does the Rate of Youth Labor Force Activity Differ across Surveys? 75
7. 5. Economic Determinants of Geographic and Individual Variation in the Labor Market Position of Young Persons 115
8. 6. Time Series Changes in Youth Joblessness 155
9. 7. The Dynamics of Youth Unemployment 199
10. 8. Labor Turnover and Youth Unemployment 235
11. 9. High School Preparation and Early Labor Force Experience 277
12. 10. Teenage Unemployment: Permanent Scars or Temporary Blemishes? 349
13. 1.1 The Employment and Wage Consequences of Teenage Women’s Nonemployment 391
14. 12. Dead-end Jobs and Youth Unemployment 427
15. 13. Family Effects in Youth Employment 453
16. 14. The Minimum Wage and Job Turnover in Markets for Young Workers 475
17. 15. Youth Unemployment in Britain and the United States Compared 499
18. Contributors 543
19. Author Index 547
20. Subject Index 549