Youth employment and joblessness in advanced countries /
The economic status of young people has declined significantly over the past two decades, despite a variety of programs designed to aid new workers in the transition from the classroom to the job market. This ongoing problem has proved difficult to explain. Drawing on comparative data from Canada, G...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2000.
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| Series: | NBER Comparative labor markets series.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | The economic status of young people has declined significantly over the past two decades, despite a variety of programs designed to aid new workers in the transition from the classroom to the job market. This ongoing problem has proved difficult to explain. Drawing on comparative data from Canada, Germany, France, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, these papers go beyond examining only employment and wages and explore the effects of family background, education and training, social expectations, and crime on youth employment. This volume brings together key studies, providing detailed analyses of. |
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| Item Description: | EBSCO eBook Business Collection EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 483 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226056845 0226056848 0226056589 9780226056586 |
