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A Model for Analyzing Youth Labor Market Policies

Alan L. Gustman^1,2; Thomas L. Steinmeier^1,2

¹ Dartmouth College · ² Texas Tech University

This article formulates a general equilibrium model for analyzing the youth labor market. At the heart of the model is an interplay between a labor force with heterogeneous ability levels and a minimum wage restriction. Ability affects performance on skilled jobs and, to a lesser extent, on unskilled jobs. Workers are less productive as youths than as adults. The model is applied to rationalize several results from available studies and to analyze the effects of three representative policies: a youth subminimum wage, subsidies paid to firms that hire youths, and subsidies that offset the costs of on-the-job training.

DOI

10.1086/298188

Volume

6 (3)

Pages

376-396

Language

en

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