Career Thresholds. Vol. 8. A Longitudinal Study of Fifteen Years of Labor Market Experience of Young Men

摘要

Fifteen years of data collected from a nationally-representative sample of young men who were age 14-24 when first interviewed in 1966 are analyzed in this volume. Chapter One examines involuntary dislocation from jobs and shows that even for young workers age 29-39 in 1981, finding new employment can be difficult. Chapter Two compares displacement patterns in the construction, automobile, and steel industries with that in other industries; it finds several significant patterns, including that highly skilled and highly unionized workers were less mobile than others. Chapter Three examines the labor market behavior of young men as it is affected by the presence of other wage earners in the household, and finds that wife's employment cushions the effects of the male's unemployment. Chapter Four focuses on geographic mobility and finds that young men and their families respond directly to economic signals when making decisions about moving. Chapter Five discusses career trajectories, and Chapter Six the experience of men of draft-eligible age during the Vietnam conflict.