Andrew Sum
Biographic Data
| ID | 282936 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrew Sum |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrew |
| FAMILY NAME | Sum |
| SIGNATURE | SUM A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northeastern University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
No Country for Young Men: Deteriorating Labor Market Prospects for Low-Skilled Men in the United States
The labor market fate of the nation's male teens and young adults (ages 20-29) has deteriorated along most employment, weekly wages, and annual earnings dimensions in recent decades. The employment rates reached new post-World War II lows in 2009, with the less well educated faring the worst. The deterioration in the labor market well-being of these young men has had a number of adverse consequences on their social behavior. Less-educated young m…
The Changing Economic Fortunes of Young Black Men in America
(Editor's note: This article was originally preparedfor Hearings on black male employment held by the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on children, youth, and family, July 25, 1989.)
Basic Skills: The Sine Qua Non
One-Fifth of the Nation's Teenagers: Employment Problems of Poor Youth in America, 1981-1985
Youth Employment and Public Policy
The Theory of “Dual” or Segmented Labor Markets
What causes un(and under-) employment and poverty? Economists and other social scientists approach this question from theoretical positions which vary in many important respects. To make matters even more difficult for the policy maker, the disputes among different schools of social scientists about the causes of poverty and underemployment are only partly subject to adjudication by appeal to empirical information, since even the very rules of ev…
No Country for Young Men: Deteriorating Labor Market Prospects for Low-Skilled Men in the United States
The labor market fate of the nation's male teens and young adults (ages 20-29) has deteriorated along most employment, weekly wages, and annual earnings dimensions in recent decades. The employment rates reached new post-World War II lows in 2009, with the less well educated faring the worst. The deterioration in the labor market well-being of these young men has had a number of adverse consequences on their social behavior. Less-educated young m…
One-Fifth of the Nation's Teenagers: Employment Problems of Poor Youth in America, 1981-1985
The Theory of “Dual” or Segmented Labor Markets
What causes un(and under-) employment and poverty? Economists and other social scientists approach this question from theoretical positions which vary in many important respects. To make matters even more difficult for the policy maker, the disputes among different schools of social scientists about the causes of poverty and underemployment are only partly subject to adjudication by appeal to empirical information, since even the very rules of ev…
Youth Employment and Public Policy
Basic Skills: The Sine Qua Non
One-Fifth of the Nation's Teenagers: Employment Problems of Poor Youth in America, 1981-1985
The Changing Economic Fortunes of Young Black Men in America
(Editor's note: This article was originally preparedfor Hearings on black male employment held by the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on children, youth, and family, July 25, 1989.)
No Country for Young Men: Deteriorating Labor Market Prospects for Low-Skilled Men in the United States
The labor market fate of the nation's male teens and young adults (ages 20-29) has deteriorated along most employment, weekly wages, and annual earnings dimensions in recent decades. The employment rates reached new post-World War II lows in 2009, with the less well educated faring the worst. The deterioration in the labor market well-being of these young men has had a number of adverse consequences on their social behavior. Less-educated young m…
Economics (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Education Systems and Policy (2 works) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (2 works) · Labour economics (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Adjudication (1 works)