Author: Richard B. Freeman
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226261824
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
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 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.
The Black Youth Employment Crisis
Author: Richard B. Freeman
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226261824
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
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 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.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226261824
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
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 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.
The Job Crisis for Black Youth
Author: Twentieth Century Fund Task Force on Employment Problems of Black Youth
Publisher:
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Category : African American youth
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African American youth
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
The Job Crisis and Black Youth
Author: Twentieth Century Fund, Task Force on Employment P
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ISBN: 9780527028428
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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ISBN: 9780527028428
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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The Job Crisis for Black Youth
Author: Robert Taggart III
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Languages : en
Pages : 135
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Languages : en
Pages : 135
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The Job Crisis for Black Youth
Author: Twentieth Century Fund. Task Force on Employment Problems of Black Youth
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Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Unemployment Crisis Among Black Youth
Author: Donna Faison
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Languages : en
Pages : 86
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 86
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Black Youth in Crisis
Author: David Everatt
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Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 110
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ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Industries Without Smokestacks
Author: Richard S. Newfarmer
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198821883
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
A study prepared by the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198821883
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
A study prepared by the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
Monthly Labor Review
Author:
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Category : Labor laws and legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 634
Book Description
Publishes in-depth articles on labor subjects, current labor statistics, information about current labor contracts, and book reviews.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Labor laws and legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 634
Book Description
Publishes in-depth articles on labor subjects, current labor statistics, information about current labor contracts, and book reviews.
School-to-work Transition
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Category : Career education
Languages : en
Pages : 1074
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Category : Career education
Languages : en
Pages : 1074
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