TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mortimer,Jeylan T.
TI  - Working and Growing up in America
T2  - Adolescent Lives Series
SN  - 9780674041240
AV  - HD6273 
U1  - 331.3/47/0973 
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - Youth-Employment-United States-Longitudinal studies
KW  - Youth-United States-Attitudes-Longitudinal studies
KW  - School-to-work transition-United States-Longitudinal studies
KW  - Youth-Employment-United States-Psychological aspects
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Should Adolescents Work? -- 2. The Youth Development Study -- 3. Time Allocation and Quality of Work -- 4. The Ecology of Youthwork -- 5. Precursors of Investment in Work -- 6. Working and Adolescent Development -- 7. The Transition to Adulthood -- 8. Working and Becoming Adult -- Appendix: Panel Selection -- Notes -- References -- Index
N2  - Should teenagers have jobs while they're in high school? Doesn't working distract them from schoolwork, cause long-term problem behaviors, and precipitate a "precocious" transition to adulthood? This report from a longitudinal study of 1,000 students, followed from the beginning of high school through their mid-twenties, answers, resoundingly, no
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ER  -