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Title: Social Background and Social Context Effects on Young Men's Idleness Transitions
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Powers, Daniel A. |
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Social Background and Social Context Effects on Young Men's Idleness Transitions Social Science Research 25,1 (March 1996): 50-72. Also: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0049089X96900034 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Academic Press, Inc. Keyword(s): Ethnic Differences; Ethnic Groups/Ethnicity; Human Capital; Racial Differences; Social Influences; Unemployment Uses data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to assess racial and ethnic differences in the determinants of entering inactivity for 1,731 initially active young men. Findings indicate that social context variables play a moderate role in explaining weak labor force attachment among nonwhite youth, but are relatively less important for White youth. On the other hand, the effects of social background characteristics are significant determinants of White youth idleness and less important for nonwhite youth, especially for Black youth. Moreover, Black-White differences in the effects of social background and social context are large and statistically significant. Local opportunity structure and individual human capital characteristics have large effects on the inactivity of youth as a whole. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1997 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved) |
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Powers, Daniel A. "Social Background and Social Context Effects on Young Men's Idleness Transitions." Social Science Research 25,1 (March 1996): 50-72.
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