The Black Youth Employment Crisis

Author : Richard B. Freeman
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226261824
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Black Youth Employment Crisis written by Richard B. Freeman and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Twentieth Century Fund Task Force on Employment Problems of Black Youth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Job Crisis for Black Youth written by Twentieth Century Fund Task Force on Employment Problems of Black Youth and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Tamar Mayer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351247638
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Crisis of Global Youth Unemployment written by Tamar Mayer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-09-21 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the economic and financial crisis of 2008, the proportion of unemployed young people has exceeded any other group of unemployed adults. This phenomenon marks the emergence of a laborscape. This concept recognizes that, although youth unemployment is not consistent across the world, it is a coherent problem in the global political economy. This book examines this crisis of youth unemployment, drawing on international case studies. It is organized around four key dimensions of the crisis: precarity, flexibility, migration, and policy responses. With contributions from leading experts in the field, the chapters offer a dynamic portrait of unemployment and how this is being challenged through new modes of resistance. This book provides cross-national comparisons, both ethnographic and quantitative, to explore the contours of this laborscape on the global, national, and local scales. Throughout these varied case studies is a common narrative from young workers, families, students, volunteers, and activists facing a new and growing problem. This book will be an imperative resource for students and researchers looking at the sociology of globalization, global political economy, labor markets, and economic geography.

Author : Richard S. Newfarmer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198821883
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Industries Without Smokestacks written by Richard S. Newfarmer and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study prepared by the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)

Author : Deon Filmer
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 146480107X
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Youth Employment in Sub-Saharan Africa written by Deon Filmer and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2014-01-24 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The series is sponsored by the Agence Francaise de Developpement and the World Bank."

Author : United States. Vice President's Task Force on Youth Employment
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Review of Youth Employment Problems, Programs & Policies: The youth employment problem written by United States. Vice President's Task Force on Youth Employment and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Vice President's Task Force on Youth Employment
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A review of youth employment problems, programs & policies written by United States. Vice President's Task Force on Youth Employment and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard B. Freeman
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226261867
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Youth Labor Market Problem written by Richard B. Freeman and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together a massive body of much-needed research information on a problem of crucial importance to labor economists, policy makers, and society in general: unemployment among the young. The thirteen studies detail the ambiguity and inadequacy of our present standard statistics as applied to youth employment, point out the error in many commonly accepted views, and show that many critically important aspects of this problem are not adequately understood. These studies also supply a significant amount of raw data, furnish a platform for further research and theoretical work in labor economics, and direct attention to promising avenues for future programs.

Author : Arvil V. Adams
Publisher : Kalamazoo, Mich. : W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lingering Crisis of Youth Unemployment written by Arvil V. Adams and published by Kalamazoo, Mich. : W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. This book was released on 1978 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monograph analyzing trends in youth unemployment in the USA - examines economic implications and social costs of unemployment among dropouts and school leavers, finds that educational level and vocational training have a positive effect upon the employment and wages of youth regardless of race and sex, and stresses the urgency of employment creation, especially for Black youths and girls. Bibliography pp. 143 to 152 and statistical tables.

Author : E. Cashmore
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135072698
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Black Youth in Crisis (Routledge Revivals) written by E. Cashmore and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1982, this book considers the position of young Afro-Caribbean people in Britain, in the 1980s. It looks at how, at the time, this group of young people were disproportionately hit by growing unemployment, seemed to be over-represented in crime statistics and were often disadvantage at school. The authors of the book analyse the struggles of the time and look at the reasons for their existence.