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had been 21 in all states of the U.S. These figures indicate that, if reductions in youth motor vehicle accident deaths …
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This paper presents evidence that young unemployed job seekers choose higher levels of search effort (as measured by numbers of methods used and time spent per method) and lower relative reservation wages than do comparable employed seekers. The unemployed also have higher probabilities of...
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In this paper I investigate the use of different search methods by unemployed youth. I present a job search model which …
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large percentage of youth motor vehicle accidents and deaths. Simulations suggest that, if reductions in youth alcohol use …
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In this paper empirical evidence is presented on the determinants of obesity in youth in the U.S., with particular …-obese youth, however, do not differ substantially. Evidence that youth with "fatter parents" are able to produce more skin-fold or … the youth skin-fold equations, the larger calorie coefficients in the skin-fold equation for 10-16 year old youths with …
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This paper examines the changing employment patterns for young men and women aged 16 to 24 over the 1970s and pays particular attention to the widening racial differences. Between 1970 and 1980 employment rates for both black men and women in this age range fell roughly 14 points relative to...
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This article investigates the impact of a number of policy manipulable variables on the motor vehicle mortality rate of white males between the ages of 15 to 24. Particular emphasis is placed on the role of alcohol. Utilizing data for the tune period 1970 to 1975, multivariate equations are...
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employment would have been about 7 percent higher and among those 20 to 24, 2 percent higher. Employment among black youth 16 to … 24 would have been almost 6 percent higher than it was, as compared with somewhat less than 4 percent for white youth … elimination of the minimum attained. The weight of our evidence is inconsistent with a general increase in youth wage rates with …
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, the employment-to-population ratio of black youth (age 16-19) declined from 46.8 percent to 27 percent. The white teenage … black youth employment virtually ceased to exist. Black teenagers who were displaced from agricultural work were not …
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equals -1.4. It follows that, if future reductions in youth smoking are desired, an increase in the Federal excise tax is a …
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