Households, Local Labor Markets, and Youth Labor Force Participation

Keithly, Diane; Deseran, Forrest A.

doi:10.1177/0044118x95026004004

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“…Therefore, we selected high schools in different cities with different student bodies, based on geographic and sociodemographic characteristics-all of which impact the types of jobs that are available to youth and the ones into which they select (Ahituv, Tienda, & Holtz, 1997;Keithly & Deseran, 1995;Rothstein, 2001;United States General Accounting Office, 1991;Usalcas, 2005). In order to adequately study work quality, we set out to attain a purposive sample that would represent a range of jobs with potentially differing work qualities.…”

Section: Sample and Data Collectionmentioning

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Adolescent Work Quality

Rauscher

Wegman

Wooding

et al. 2012

Journal of Adolescent Research

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Adolescent employment is commonly valued in the United States for its ability to promote youths' positive psychosocial development. Empirical research, however, suggests the extent to which youth reap such benefits from work is largely a function of work's quality. This study investigated adolescent work quality by examining the extent to which characteristics associated with positive or negative psychosocial outcomes are found in the jobs adolescents hold today. Our findings from surveys and interviews with working youth show that contemporary adolescent jobs provide at least moderate levels of the characteristics that promote positive psychosocial outcomes and some of those that promote negative outcomes. Adolescent jobs have the greatest capacity to encourage positive psychosocial development by providing opportunities for youth to be helpful and, to a lesser extent, to be around supportive others and to learn new things. Improvements in other areas of work quality are needed to maximize work's potential to contribute positively to adolescent psychosocial development.

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Adolescent Work Quality

Rauscher

Wegman

Wooding

et al. 2012

Journal of Adolescent Research

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“…Studies of early childhood also found differences between children from poor and welfare-dependent families and children from working poor families: parental employment, despite continued low income, was associated with enhanced school readiness and lower grade retention compared with children of welfare-dependent families (Guo, Brooks-Gunn, & Harris, 1996;Zaslow & Emig, 1997). Having an employed parent was also found to be positively associated with adolescent employment (Keithly & Deseran, 1995). Parental employment status may be particularly salient for low-income adolescents who may see fewer role models of working adults and fewer opportunities for work than middle-income and affluent youth (Ogbu, 1991;Wilson, 1987).…”

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Adolescent Transitions to Young Adulthood: Antecedents, Correlates, and Consequences of Adolescent Employment

Leventhal

Graber

Brooks‐Gunn

2001

J of Research on Adolesc

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The antecedents, correlates, and consequences of adolescent employment were investigated in a sample of 251 low-income, African American youth that were followed since birth. The youth (age: M at preschool ϭ 4.89, SD ϭ .70; M at adolescence ϭ 16.44, SD ϭ .66; M at transition to adulthood ϭ 19.36, SD ϭ .76; and M at early adulthood ϭ 27.67, SD ϭ .75) were the firstborn children of African American teenage mothers who gave birth in Baltimore in the 1960s. Analyses examined the antecedents and correlates of age of entry into employment and stability of employment during adolescence. The associations of adolescent work experiences with subsequent adult education and employment outcomes also were considered. Findings indicate that among this sample of low-income, African American youth, those who repeated a grade in school during middle childhood were more likely to enter the workforce at later ages than their peers who did not repeat a grade. The small subset of adolescents who never worked ( n ϭ 12) appear to be markedly more disadvantaged than their peers who worked. At the transition to adulthood, adolescents who entered the workforce earlier were more likely to complete high school than their peers. In addition, stable employment during the adolescent years had more beneficial effects on young men's chances of attending college than young women's postsecondary education. This pattern of findings is consistent with ethnographic accounts of adolescent employment among poor, minority, urban youth.Requests for reprints should be sent to

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“…Research is increasingly recognizing that decisions about work are not made within a vacuum, but rather reflect adolescent aspirations and expectations regarding their socioeconomic futures. For example, research has shown that social class is related to patterns of work in adolescence (Keithly and Deseran 1995;Warren and Lee 2003). Low levels of employment are often observed among poorer African-American adolescents (Entwisle et al 1999;Entwisle et al 2000;Leventhal et al 2001;O'Regan and Quigley 1996); however, when those from lower SES backgrounds are able to find work, they tend to work longer hours (Staff and Mortimer 2007;Warren and Lee 2003).…”

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Adolescent Work and Alcohol Use: Moderation by Neighborhood Context and the Role of Peers

Rocheleau

Swisher

2016

Deviant Behavior

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Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health), this study looks at the adolescent work and binge drinking relationship among a sample of 4,826 adolescents. The paper assesses variability in the work-binge drinking relationship by social class and neighborhood disadvantage and seeks to explain variability by considering social control and social learning processes. Results reveal that the detrimental relationships between work intensity and binge drinking are stronger for those from more advantaged neighborhoods. Results also show that perceived peer substance use explains neighborhood disadvantage differences in the relationship between intense work and binge drinking.

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Households, Local Labor Markets, and Youth Labor Force Participation

Cited by 21 publications

References 17 publications

Adolescent Work Quality

Adolescent Work Quality

Adolescent Transitions to Young Adulthood: Antecedents, Correlates, and Consequences of Adolescent Employment

Adolescent Work and Alcohol Use: Moderation by Neighborhood Context and the Role of Peers

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