Changes in the Characteristics of American Youth: Implications for Adult Outcomes

We examine changes in the characteristics of American youth between the late 1970s and the late 1990s, with a focus on characteristics that matter for labor market success. The current generation is more skilled than the previous one. Blacks and Hispanics have gained relative to whites, and women ha...

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Volume:	30
Main Author:	Joseph G. Altonji Prashant Bharadwaj Fabian Lange
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Trade Academic
Place of publication:	CHICAGO University of Chicago Press 01.10.2012 UNIV CHICAGO PRESS
published in:	Journal of labor economics Vol. 30; no. 4; pp. 783 - 828
Data of publication:	20121001
ISSN:	0734-306X 1537-5307
EISSN:	1537-5307
Discipline:	Economics
Subjects:	Statistical significance Contrafactuals Human capital Rental rates Parental education Employment Black people Employment rates Wages Hispanics Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences Industrial Relations & Labor Labor market Analysis United States DECOMPOSITION DEMAND QUANTILE REGRESSION WAGE INEQUALITY
Online Access:	Fulltext
Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index - 2012 Web of Knowledge Web of Science CrossRef Academic OneFile (A&I only) Database information Databases - DBIS