Learning Work: Making the Transition from School to Work. 1. Early Labor MarketExperiences and Their Consequences for Adult Labor Market Outcomes

摘要

In the paper the authors seek to provide empirical evidence on the labor marketexperiences of youths, and their transitions to career jobs. First, the authors describe numerous dimensions of youth labor market experiences, including training, wages, the stability of employment measured along a number of dimensions, the accumulation of tenure, and industry and occupation of employment. Second, the authors document the intertemporal relationships among these various components of youth labor market experiences, to understand the consequences, if any, of a failure to settle into a steady job or steady employment, or a job involving training, in the first year or two after leaving school. Finally, the authors explore the relationship between the entire gamut of youth labor market experiences and labor market outcomes of more mature adults.