Against the Tide: Household Structure, Opportunities, and Outcomes among White and Minority Youth

Carolyn J. Hill, Harry Holzer and Henry Chen
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Carolyn J. Hill: Georgetown University
Henry Chen: Harvard Business School

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Abstract: This book examines the effects of household structure on youth and young adults and how these effects might have contributed to the negative trends in educational and labor-market outcomes observed for young minorities over time.

Keywords: household structure; minorities; youth; educational outcomes; neighborhoods; families; welfare reform; PRWORA (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I3 J1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
ISBN: cloth 9780880993425 paper 9780880993418
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