Describes youth unemployment in the United States and outlines major aspects of the Youth Employment and Demonstrations Project Act of 1977. Cites illustrations of demonstrations authorized by the program and discusses the role that research, evaluation, and experimentation play in youth initiatives. (Author/GC)

Describes and assesses major trends in the labor market fortunes of key teenage subgroups in the U.S. during the 1980s. The need for a national policy response to the problem of pervasive joblessness among poor youth is greater in 1986 than at the beginning of this decade. (LHW)

Uses statistical data from Youth Development Study to examine gender differences in work histories of adolescents. Following findings are discussed: females enter workforce earlier than males; females progress from informal work settings to more formal settings, whereas reverse is often true for males; and males tend to increase intensity of…

Uses statistical data from the National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH) to examine the effects of adolescent work experience on family relations, parental monitoring, and the use of earnings. The amount of time spent working was related to increased disagreement regarding independence, decreased monitoring, and increased requirements to…

Reviews the youth unemployment problem and focuses on employment and training programs. Discusses, in separate sections, the causes of the youth employment problem; demand-related causes; supply-related causes; the effectiveness of strategies for assisting disadvantaged youth; linking young workers with employers; and implications for policy. (KH)

Uses data from the National Longitudinal Surveys to examine the relationship between local area unemployment rates and the labor supply behavior of youths, aged 18 to 24, in 1970. (PR)

Examines the effect of previous part-time work experience on the transition of working-class females from high school to full-time work. Findings suggest that recent high school graduates enter a distinctive labor market that renders vocational planning and previous work experience irrelevant. (FMW)

Identifies ways in which adjustment styles of disadvantaged youth might or might not influence how these youth respond to employment surveys. (PR)

Reviews literature on the social psychological orientations of low-income youth that bear upon their employment and nonemployment experiences. Describes several youth employment programs in terms of their social psychological impacts, outlines a theoretical framework, and makes suggestions for future research. (Author/GC)

Examines the determinants of successful school-to-work transition among Black and White male youth. Considers this transition as an extension of human capital theory. Uses data from the National Longitudinal Survey of 5,000 young men interviewed each year from 1966 to 1971. (PR)

Uses statistical data from the National Survey of Children to examine the effects of work experience on the academic achievement, well-being, and life satisfaction of both younger and more mature male and female adolescents. Finds beneficial consequences for younger males but negative consequences for older females. (FMW)

Examines the attitudes of a sample of parents of ninth grade students in a large midwestern city. Finds that parents strongly approve of youth work in general, and their children's jobs in particular. More "advantaged" parents would prefer that their children obtain paid jobs at an earlier age. (FMW)

The following characteristics of jobs held by impoverished youth who applied for a job training program were examined: (1) benefits; (2) skills; (3) career ladders; and (4) unionization. Results imply that segmentation models are not fruitful as guides to labor market experiences of youth at the bottom of wage scale. Other studies were also…

In order to examine the factors that contribute to the relatively greater employment problems of females as opposed to males, examines longitudinal data on the labor market participation of young (17- to 20-year-old) women. (Author/GC)

Surveys social science literature on economic variables affecting law-violation rates. Asserts that social, cultural, and political aspects of the lives of many youths are major determinants of both their unemployment and their offenses. (PR)