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From Dreams to Dust: The Deteriorating Labor Market Fortunes of Young Adults. Policy Issues Monograph 96-02.

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Sum, Andrew; And Others – 1996

Over the past 2 decades, the inflation-adjusted median weekly earnings of full-time employed males and females decreased by 31% and 13%, respectively, and the deterioration in the real weekly earnings of young adults (ages 18-24) shows no signs of abatement. Male high school dropouts and graduates with no postsecondary schooling experienced the…

Descriptors: Dropouts, Economically Disadvantaged, Education Work Relationship, Employment Opportunities