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Title: Early Jobs and Training: The Role of Small Business
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Schiller, Bradley R. |
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Early Jobs and Training: The Role of Small Business Final Report, Contract SBA-9281-AER. Washington DC: US Small Business Administration, 1986 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: U.S. Small Business Administration Keyword(s): Employment, In-School; Employment, Youth; Industrial Sector; Job Satisfaction; Job Training; Transfers, Skill; Wages This paper examines small business as the preeminent provider of early work experience and training for both in- school and out-of-school youth during the years 1979-1983. The concentration of employment of young men and women in this sector is examined, along with the linkages between these firms and larger, multi-establishment firms. Young men still in school and working are disproportionately employed in retail businesses. Young workers already out of school are also highly concentrated in retailing, but heavily represented in manufacturing as well. Within the retail sector, the fast food industry may account for a high percentage of jobs and job growth. Wages are generally lower in small businesses than in large businesses, but job satisfaction and perceived training opportunities of young men are higher. Young men in small businesses indicate that they are exposed to a greater variety of tasks than those in large businesses, and so develop a broader range of marketable skills, likely to accelerate productivity and wage growth. Training in larger firms tends to be more specialized and firm-specific. However, lower retention rates of newly-trained workers can reduce a smaller firm's pay-off to training investments and may result in a competitive disadvantage. |
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Schiller, Bradley R. Early Jobs and Training: The Role of Small Business. Final Report, Contract SBA-9281-AER. Washington DC: US Small Business Administration, 1986. |