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Title: Inactivity: Transitions into and out of Idleness
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Powers, Daniel A. |
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Inactivity: Transitions into and out of Idleness Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1991 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning Keyword(s): Education; Endogeneity; Exits; Geographical Variation; Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Parental Influences; Poverty; Schooling; Unemployment, Youth This dissertation argues that traditional approaches to youth joblessness are less appropriate for younger age groups whose normative activity is attending school. The usual approach of examining joblessness among out-of-school youth is also problematic since enrollment decisions depend to some extent on labor market conditions. This dissertation treats enrollment and employment as endogenous by examining the determinants of inactivity defined as not-working, not-enrolled, and not serving in the armed forces. This concept of inactivity is linked with status attainment, human capital theory, and recent research on poverty. Using data from the NLSY, the determinants of persistent idleness, of entry into first and second episodes of idleness, and of exits from first episodes of idleness for 1,731 initially active young men, aged 14-17, and living at home in 1979 are examined. Measurable ability and adjusted family income in 1978 are the strongest determinants of all the outcomes--lending support for the human capital perspective. From status attainment and poverty research perspectives, the most important background factors are parent's employment status in 1978, whether or not a family received public assistance in the previous year, living in a step-parent family in 1979, and experiencing a change in family structure between the ages of 14-18. The results suggest several possible ag |
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Powers, Daniel A. Inactivity: Transitions into and out of Idleness. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1991. |