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This paper summarizes and reviews the literature on the impact of work experience during the adolescent years. Research in three areas is reviewed: work experience through career education programs; work experience through youth employment and training programs; and work experience through part-time employment. In general, the findings in all three areas indicate that the benefits of working to education, socialization, and subsequent employment have been greatly overestimated.
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Received Ph.D. from Cornell University. Current research interest is adolescent social and personality development.
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Steinberg, L.D. Jumping off the work experience bandwagon. J Youth Adolescence 11, 183–205 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01537466
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