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| Titre : | Changes in the Characteristics of American Youth : Implications for Adult Outcomes (2012) |
| Auteurs : | Joseph G. Altonji ; Prashant Bharadwaj ; Fabian Lange |
| Type de document : | Article : document électronique |
| Dans : | Journal of Labor Economics (vol. 30, number 4, October 2012) |
| Article en page(s) : | pp. 783-828 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Catégories : |
Thésaurus CEREQ JEUNE ; COMPETENCE ; ORIGINE SOCIALE ; POPULATION D'ORIGINE ETRANGERE ; FEMME ; INEGALITE SALARIALE ; ETATS UNIS |
| Résumé : | We examine changes in the characteristics of American youth between the late 1970s and the late 1990s, with a focus on characteristics that matter for labor market success. The current generation is more skilled than the previous one. Blacks and Hispanics have gained relative to whites, and women have gained relative to men. However, the skill distribution has widened overall. Shifts in parental education generate many of the observed changes. We also provide speculative estimates suggesting that if recent trends in technology and the supply of human capital continue, wage inequality will increase substantially by 2025. (Journal of Labor Economics) |
| Document Céreq : | Non |
| En ligne : | http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/666536 |
