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Title: Willingness to Work Among Youth
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Borus, Michael E. |
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Willingness to Work Among Youth Journal of Human Resources 17,4 (Fall 1982): 581-593. Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/145616 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press Keyword(s): Employment; Employment, Youth; Minimum Wage; Socioeconomic Status (SES); Wages; Wages, Reservation; Work Attitudes Considerable discussion has centered around the hypothesis that high rates of unemployment among black and other minority youth may result from a reluctance for such young people to accept menial employment. To test this, the l979 NLSY questioned young men and women aged 14- 22 about their willingness to accept full-time employment in each of seven occupations at varying rates of pay. Previous research was contradicted by findings that black youth are more willing than their white counterparts to accept employment. Some sex stereotyping was found in occupational preferences and many youths stated that they would be willing to work for less than the existing minimum wage. |
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Borus, Michael E. "Willingness to Work Among Youth." Journal of Human Resources 17,4 (Fall 1982): 581-593.
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