| Youth Unemployment and Society Contributor(s): Petersen, Anne C. (Editor), Mortimer, Jeylan T. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 052144473X ISBN-13: 9780521444736 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $123.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 1994 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Labor - Psychology | Personality - Psychology | Social Psychology |
| Dewey: 331.137 |
| LCCN: 93014237 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.9" W x 9.3" (1.30 lbs) 338 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: As societies become more technically advanced and jobs require more expertise, young people are forced into a prolonged state of social marginality. Employment during adolescence could provide significant experiences for growth into later work roles, but most societies are not equipped to provide adolescents with meaningful work experience. In Youth Unemployment and Society, a group of historians, psychologists, economists and sociologists provide a cross-national examination of trends in youth unemployment and intervention strategies in the United States and Europe. Assessing the causes of aggregate societal unemployment rates, the authors address factors that make individuals more vulnerable to unemployment and consider the developmental consequences of this experience. The volume also examines how persistently high rates of youth unemployment affect society's values, beliefs, and institutions. |