Working and Growing up in America |
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| Author:
| Mortimer, Jeylan T. |
| Series title: | Adolescent Lives Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-01614-9 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2005 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $63.95 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.