Youth early employment and behavior problems: Human capital and social network pathways to adulthood

Sociological Perspectives

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 382-403

  Yeung, Wei Jun Jean ^a   Rauscher, Emily ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior problems; Race ethnicity; Youth employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923132787     PISSN: 07311214     EISSN: 15338673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0731121414531105     Document Type: Article

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