Deck 27: Peter Edelman, Harry J Holzer, and Paul Offner, Reconnecting Disadvantaged Young Men

Question 1

For Edelman, Holzer, and Offner, "disconnected" refers to:

A) young people who are not in school and have been out of work for at least one month and up to a year.
B) young people who are not in school and have been out of work for a year or more.
C) the absence of a smooth transition from school completion to employment for some groups of youth.
D) the long-term impact on employment prospects for adults who were not in school or unemployed in adolescence or early adulthood.
E) none of the above

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which of the following groups of youth age 16 to 24 has the lowest employment rate and highest rate of idleness?

A) White men
B) Black men
C) Hispanic men
D) Black women
E) none of the above

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Describe the societal implications of young men's disconnection from school and work.

Answer 3

not answered

Question 4

For all racial/ethnic groups, postsecondary enrollment rates are higher among women than men.

Question 5

Black and Hispanic men are more likely than any other group, male or female, to experience long-term idleness.

Question 6

Black youth have a lower rate of postsecondary enrollment than White or Hispanic youth.

Question 7

Which of the following groups experienced the greatest declines in employment from 1989 to 1999?

A) White men
B) Hispanic men
C) Black men
D) Black women
E) None of the above

Question 8

Why are so many young people "disconnected" from the worlds of school and work, according to Edelman, Holzer, and Offner? How can public policy address this problem?

Question 9

What are the lifetime consequences of disconnection from school and work for young men?

Question 10

Temporary idleness has equally negative long-term consequences for youth as long-term idleness.

Question 11

Approximately percent of young black men and percent of young Hispanic men in the civilian noninstitutional population are idle each year.
A) 1; 2

A) none of the above
B) 9; 10
C) 15; 16
D) 30; 33

Question 12

African-American women have higher employment rates and lower idleness rates than African- American men.

Question 13

Which of the following groups experienced higher rates of school enrollment in 1999 than in 1989?

A) White men
B) Black men
C) Hispanic men
D) Black women
E) all of the above