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
Jeylan T. Mortimer is Professor of Sociology at the University of Minnesota.
Mortimer…reports here on the findings from her multiyear
longitudinal study, which followed the lives of 1000 students from
their first year of high school to their mid-twenties… The study
does convincingly demonstrate that part-time employment not only
supplements a teen’s learning process but also bolsters
self-confidence, socialization, time-management skills, career
exploration, and responsibility… This book is readable and
interesting and will likely serve as the underpinning for research
in an array of disciplines.
*Library Journal*
Mortimer found that high-schoolers who work in moderation, on
average 20 hours or less a week during the school year, were more
likely to go on to college and receive a degree compared with both
their peers who did not work and those who worked more than 20
hours a week. She also concludes that a part-time job can increase
confidence, teach teenagers how to manage time and help them think
about what kind of work they want to do as adults. In the academic
and public policy debates about the value of teenage work, her book
offers support for what many parents have long suspected: A job
often can be a good thing.
*St. Paul Pioneer Press*
Mortimer...reports here on the findings from her multiyear
longitudinal study, which followed the lives of 1000 students from
their first year of high school to their mid-twenties... The study
does convincingly demonstrate that part-time employment not only
supplements a teen's learning process but also bolsters
self-confidence, socialization, time-management skills, career
exploration, and responsibility... This book is readable and
interesting and will likely serve as the underpinning for research
in an array of disciplines. -- Mark Alan Williams * Library Journal
*
Mortimer found that high-schoolers who work in moderation, on
average 20 hours or less a week during the school year, were more
likely to go on to college and receive a degree compared with both
their peers who did not work and those who worked more than 20
hours a week. She also concludes that a part-time job can increase
confidence, teach teenagers how to manage time and help them think
about what kind of work they want to do as adults. In the academic
and public policy debates about the value of teenage work, her book
offers support for what many parents have long suspected: A job
often can be a good thing. -- Maja Beckstrom * St. Paul Pioneer
Press *
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