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Title: Structure and Determinants of Youth Unemployment: An Empirical Analysis of Black-White, Male-Female Differences
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Leighton, Linda S. |
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Structure and Determinants of Youth Unemployment: An Empirical Analysis of Black-White, Male-Female Differences Final Report, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 1980 Cohort(s): Young Men, Young Women Publisher: U.S. Department of Labor Keyword(s): Mobility; Teenagers; Unemployment This research examines the structure and determinants of unemployment among young men and women. The NLS of Young Women and Men from l968 through l97l are utilized. Respondents included blacks and whites between the ages of 16 and 24. The unemployment rate over a period of time is decomposed into incidence, duration, and non- participation. To gauge which component of the rate is primarily responsible for group differences, percent differentials in the rate and its components are calculated for selected population groups. In general, higher unemployment wages are attributable to higher employment probabilities, but non-participation is also important in creating group differences, especially in male-female comparisons among blacks. With few exceptions, duration works to narrow the sex differential, and does not contribute significantly to the racial difference. Since unemployment incidence is primarily responsible for group differences, the analysis focuses on labor mobility. |
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Leighton, Linda S. "Structure and Determinants of Youth Unemployment: An Empirical Analysis of Black-White, Male-Female Differences." Final Report, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 1980. |