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Author: Wright-Romero, Linda
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1. Vaughan, Suzanne
Wright-Romero, Linda
Structure of Labor Markets and Sectors of Production: An Analysis of Underemployment Among Hispanic Youth
Report to the National Council of La Raza, U.S. Department of Labor, 1982
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: U.S. Department of Labor
Keyword(s): Discouraged Workers; Hispanic Youth; Hispanics; Minorities; Minorities, Youth; Teenagers; Underemployment

Data from the NLSY are used to explore the distribution and utilization of labor power among Hispanic youths through examining their conditions of employment and their relationship to major structural features of the labor market. The focus of the study is upon evaluating the extent to which Hispanic youths differ from other groups and among themselves regarding labor force participation and the labor markets in which they participate. Findings include: (1) wide gaps that appear between the rates of underemployment among minority youths and whites are probably symptomatic of a continuing process of misallocation of employment opportunities for minorities; (2) Hispanic youth fall somewhere in the middle with regard to their distribution across sectors, with a somewhat higher proportion of Hispanics employed in the state sector as opposed to blacks; (3) the competitive sector is not the only sector that should be the focus of scrutiny; and (4) unemployed and "discouraged" teenagers are more likely to be within the state sector and monopoly sector. Overall, the results of the study suggest that both the quantity and, more importantly, the quality of the employment experience differentiate white youth from black and Hispanic youth. Policy recommendations are provided on the basis of these findings.
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Vaughan, Suzanne and Linda Wright-Romero. "Structure of Labor Markets and Sectors of Production: An Analysis of Underemployment Among Hispanic Youth." Report to the National Council of La Raza, U.S. Department of Labor, 1982.