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Adapting to Circumstances: The Evolution of Work, School, and Living Arrangements Among North American Youth

Year: 1997

Type: report

Abstract: Studies ABSTRAflWe use comparable micro data sets for the U.S. and Canada to study the responses of young workers to the external labor market forces that have affected the two countries over the past 25 yeaa We find that young workers adjust to changes in labor market opportunities through a variety of mechanisms, including changes in living anangeinents, changes in school enrollment, and changes in work effort.In particular, we find that poor labor market conditions in Canada explain why the fraction of youth living with their parents has increased in Canada relative to the U.S. recently.Paradoxically, this move back home also explains why the relative position of Canadian youth in the distribution of family income did not deteriorate as fast as in the U.S.

Source: National Bureau of Economic Research

DOI: 10.3386/w6142

Authors: David Card, Thomas Lemieux

Institutions: National Bureau of Economic Research, Université de Montréal, University of California, Berkeley

Language: English

Topic: Labor market dynamics and wage inequality

Subfield: Economics and Econometrics

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Decent work and economic growth, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Science Foundation, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Center for Advanced Study, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

OpenAlex ID: W1535070854

Cites: 10

Cited by: 131

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