Barriers to employment among out-of-school youth

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 572-587

  Miller, Cynthia ^a   Porter, Kristin E ^b  

^a MDRC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dropouts; Labor market; Out of school youth; Youth employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047134982     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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