Early failure in the labor market: childhood and adolescent predictors of unemployment in the transition to adulthood

American Sociological Review

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 424-451

  Caspi, Avshalom ^a,b,c   Moffitt, Terrie E ^a   Entner Wright, Bradley R ^a   Suva, Phil A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b University Ofotago Medical School

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCE; LABOUR MARKET; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG PEOPLE;

USA;

EID: 3542993214     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2657557     Document Type: Article

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