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Youth Underemployment

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This chapter examines how underemployment affects the psychological health and well-being of youth workers (i.e., workers in the age range of 16–24). First, we discuss the definition of underemployment and describe the rates of the various forms of underemployment among youth workers. We then review the literature concerning selection into underemployment; the relationship between the economic climate and youth underemployment; and the effects of youth underemployment on a variety of outcomes including psychological health, alcohol abuse, and criminal behavior. Lastly, we highlight how findings from the literature on economic hardship in the early career can be integrated to help form suggestions for future research in this area.

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  1. Department of Psychology and Social Behavior, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA

    JoAnn Prause

  2. Department of Psychology and Social Behavior, School of Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA

    David Dooley

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  1. Psychology Dept., State University of New York, New Paltz, Hawk Dr. 600, New Paltz, 12561, New York, USA

    Douglas C. Maynard

  2. Terry College of Business, University of Georgia, Brooks Hall, Athens, 30602, Georgia, USA

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Prause, J., Dooley, D. (2011). Youth Underemployment. In: Maynard, D., Feldman, D. (eds) Underemployment. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9413-4_4

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