Youth, Jobs, and the Future

Introduction Lynn Chancer, Martín Sánchez-Jankowski and Christine Trost PART ONE: SETTING THE STAGE: TRENDS AND MACROCONTEXTS 1. The Employment Patterns of Young Adults, 1989-2014 Mike Hout 2. Precarious Work and Young Workers in the U.S. Arne Kalleberg PART TWO: PRIVILEGE AND DISADVANTAGE IN THE YOUTH LABOR MARKET 3. Take this Job and Love It? The Millennial Work Ethic and the Politics of Getting Back to Work Jamie K. McCallum 4. Real Jobs and Redshirting: Job Seeking Strategies for College-Educated Youth Maria Kefalas and Patrick Carr 5. Part-time Employment and Aesthetic Labor among Middle-Class Youth Yasemin Besen-Cassino PART THREE: SOCIOECONOMIC PRECARITY AND YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT 6. The Children of Low-status Immigrants and Youth Unemployment in the U.S. and Western Europe Richard Alba and Nancy Foner 7. Youth Unemployment and the Illicit Economy Martín Sánchez-Jankowski 8. Effects of Incarceration on Labor Market Outcomes among Young Adults David J. Harding, Anh P. Nguyen, Jeffrey D. Morenoff, Shawn D. Bushway PART FOUR: WHAT IS TO BE DONE? 9. Transforming High School and Addressing the Challenge of America's Competitiveness Stanley Litow and Grace Suh 10. Time's Up! Shorter Hours, Public Policy, and Time Flexibility as an Antidote to Youth Unemployment Katherine Eva Maich, Jamie K. McCallum, Ari Grant-Sasson 11. Youth Prospects and the Case for a Universal Basic Income Sarah Reibstein and Andy Stern 12. Jobs for Young Americans: The Enduring Case for Full Employment Robert Kuttner Index