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Journal Article: Early Failure in the Labor Market: Childhood and Adolescent Predictors of Unemployment in the Transition to Adulthood
Author(s): Caspi, A. ... Which personal and family characteristics in the early life course predict who is at risk for employment during the transition to adulthood? ...
Goal One:
„X To establish the breadth and depth of selection effects into unemployment during the transition to adulthood
Goal Two:
„X To clarify the parameters of these selection effects
Goal Three:
„X To ¡§evaluate empirically the consequences for understanding life-course development of measuring the duration of unemployment versus the ¡¥state¡¦ of unemployment¡¨ (p. ...
Most other studies have measured unemployment at one point in time. According to the authors, this only presents a static view of the labor market and the life course. The duration of unemployment has important psychological and economic consequences. ...
„X Unemployment
Study participants provided data about their monthly employment histories during the age 21 interview using a life history calendar (LHC). ...
The following variables significantly increased the risk of unemployment:
Human capital variables:
„X Lack of high-school qualifications
„X Poor reading skills
„X Low IQ scores
„X Limited parental resources
Social capital variables:
„X Growing up in a single-parent family
„X Family conflict
„X Lack of attachment to school
Personal capital variables:
„X Involvement in antisocial behavior
These predictors remained significant for the duration of the study. ... Garcia
Date: 01/28/04
Journal Article: Early Failure in the Labor Market: Childhood and Adolescent Predictors of Unemployment in the Transition to Adulthood
Author(s): Caspi, A. ...
I appreciated the attempt to analyze whether the independent variables in each age period explain the same variance or difference variance in the unemployment outcomes.
Approximate Word count = 1315
Approximate Pages = 5.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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