Young workers in the global economy : job challenges in North America, Europe and Japan / edited by Gregory DeFreitas.

Other author DeFreitas, Gregory.
Format Book
Publication InfoCheltenham, UK ; Massachusetts, USA : Edward Elgar, ©2008.
Descriptionx, 348 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Youth employment: crisis or course change? : an introduction / Gregory DeFreitas -- The youth labor market problem in cross-country perspective / Rebekka Christopoulou -- Out of school, out of work, out of luck? : black male youth joblessness in New York City / Mark Levitan -- Still with us after all of these years : youth labor market entry, home-leaving and human capital accumulation in Italy, 1993-2003 / Niall O'Higgins -- Youth employment in Japan after the 1990s bubble burst / Naoki Mitani -- Youth employment problems and school-to-work institutions in advanced economies / Paul Ryan -- Work and non-work time use of US college students / Lonnie M. Golden -- Occupational fatalities among young workers / Janice Windau -- Falling private health insurance coverage among young workers in the United States / Niev J. Duffy -- Immigration and youth employment : recent debates and research findings / Gregory DeFreitas -- Unauthorized Mexican immigration and youth labor market outcomes in California in the 1990s / Enrico A. Marcelli -- How can we improve employment outcomes for young black men? / Harry J. Holzer -- Does Job Corps training boost the labor market outcomes of young Latinos? / Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, Arturo Gonzalez and Todd Neumann -- Have young workers lost their (collective) voice? : youth-adult preferences for workplace voice in Canada / Michele Campolieti, Rafael Gomez and Morley Gunderson.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 311-333) and index.
LCCN 2007938011
ISBN9781847204578 (hbk.)
ISBN1847204570 (hbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks HD 6270 .Y665 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold