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The price of independence : the economics of early adulthood
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- Creator
- Sheldon Danziger and Cecilia Elena Rouse, editors
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2007]
- ©2007
- Physical Details
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- viii, 313 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780871543165, 9781610441483, 1610441486, 0871543168
- OCLC
- ocn125402432, ocn654562859
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Ch. 1. Introduction: The Price of Independence: The Economics of Early Adulthood / Sheldon Danziger and Cecilia Elena Rouse -- Pt. I. Securing Employment and Completing Schooling -- Ch. 2. Failure to Launch: Cross-National Trends in the Transition to Economic Independence / Lisa Bell, Gary Burtless, Janet Gornick and Timothy M. Smeeding -- Ch. 3. Is the Company Man an Anachronism? Trends in Long-Term Employment in the United States, 1973 to 2006 / Henry S. Farber -- Ch. 4. Health Insurance and the Transition to Adulthood / Helen Levy -- Ch. 5. Blurring the Boundary: Changes in Collegiate Participation and the Transition to Adulthood / Maria D. Fitzpatrick and Sarah E. Turner -- Pt. II. Living With Parents Longer and Starting Families Later -- Ch. 6. Labor Market Experiences and Transitions to Adulthood / Carolyn J. Hill and Harry Holzer -- Ch. 7. Young Adults Leaving the Nest: The Role of the Cost of Living / Aaron S. Yelowitz -- Ch. 8. Sticking Around: Delayed Departure from the Parental Nest in Western Europe / Katherine Newman and Sofya Aptekar -- Ch. 9. To Have and to Hold: An Analysis of Young Adult Debt / Ngina S. Chiteji -- Pt. III. Family Background, Incarceration, and the Transition to Adulthood -- Ch. 10. Family Background and Children's Transitions to Adulthood over Time / Melanie Guldi, Marianne E. Page and Ann Huff Stevens -- Ch. 11. Early Incarceration Spells and the Transition to Adulthood / Steven Raphael