The Dynamics of the Youth Unemployment

Authors

• Kim B. Clark, Brigham Young University - ProvoFollow
• Lawrence H. Summers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Keywords

organizational capabilities, technological innovation, product development performance

Abstract

t any given moment almost 2 million teenagers aged 16-19 are unemployed. Another 600,000 are out of school and neither working nor looking for work. Only about 60% of all teenagers and 25% of black youths who are out of school are employed. These high rates of joblessness have been a source of concern to both economists and policymakers. This chapter seeks to clarify the dimensions of the youth employment problem by analyzing the distribution of unemployment and related patterns of labor force mobility.

Original Publication Citation

"""The Dynamics of Youth Unemployment"" (1982). In R.B. Freeman and D.E. Wise (Eds.), The Youth Labor Market Problem: Its Nature, Causes and Consequences. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. (With L.H. Summers)"

BYU ScholarsArchive Citation

Clark, Kim B. and Summers, Lawrence H., "The Dynamics of the Youth Unemployment" (1982). Faculty Publications. 8993.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/8993

Document Type

Peer-Reviewed Article

Publication Date

1982

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Language

English

College

Marriott School of Business

Department

Marketing

University Standing at Time of Publication

Full Professor

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