Transitions to Adulthood in a Changing Economy

ALAN BOOTH is Professor of Sociology and Human Development at Pennsylvania State University. He is former editor of the Journal of Marriage and the Family. He has published numerous scholarly articles and books, including Generation at Risk: Growing up in an Era of Family Upheaval (with Paul Amata, 1997).ANN C. CROUTER is Professor of Human Development at Pennsylvania State University. Her interests focus on the ways in which parents' work circumstances influence childrearing and the development of school-aged children and adolescents. She is Deputy Editor of Journal of Marriage and the Family and has published several articles and books, including Pathways through Adolescence: Individual Development in Relation to Social Contexts (with L.J. Crockett, 1995).MICHAEL J. SHANAHAN is Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at Pennsylvania State University. His research reflects an interest in economic change and individual development and includes studies of children in poverty, adolescent work experiences, and historical patterns in adult attainment. He is coeditor of Comparisons in Human Development: Understanding Time and Context (with J. Tudge and J. Valsiner, 1996).

• Preface How Have Alterations in the Structure of Opportunity Affected Transitions to Adulthood? How Has the Changing Structure of Opportunities Affected Transitions to Adulthood? by Martha S. Hill and W. Jean Yeung Twenty-something: Down and Out in the Other America? by J. Lawrence Aber Alterations in the Opportunity Structure: A Criminological Perspective by John H. Laub Sure, I'd Like to Get Married...Some Day by Lynn White How Do Prior Experiences in the Family Affect Transitions to Adulthood? How Do Prior Experiences in the Family Affect Transition to Adulthood? by Kelly Mussick and Larry Bumpass Marital Conflict, Parent-Child Relationships, Gender, and Outcomes for Young Adults in Families by Martha Cox Family Inputs and the Transition to Adulthood by Ronald Rindfuss Values and Beliefs as Determinants of Outcomes in Children's Lives by William G. Axinn, Jennifer S. Barber, and Arland Thornton How Do Prior Experiences in the Workplace Set the Stage for Transitons to Adulthood? How Do Prior Experiences in the Workplace Set the Stage for Transitions to Adulthood? by Jeylan Mortimer, Carolyn Harley, and Pamela J. Aronson What Work Fosters Adolescent Development? by Steven Hamilton Rethinking the Young Adult Life Stage: Prolonged Dependency as an Adaptive Strategy by William Aquilino Having the Time of Their Lives: All Work and No Play? by Wayne Osgood Career Development and Marriage Formation in a Period of Rising Inequality: Who Is at Risk? What Are Their Prospects? Career Development and Marriage Formation in a Period of Rising Inequality: Who Is at Risk? What Are Their Prospects? by Valerie K. Oppenheimer and Alisa Lewin When History Is Omitted by John Modell Sequence and Timing among Young Adult Transitions: The Impact of Poverty on Developmental Course by Julia Graber Changing Marital Patterns: Consequences of Economic Distress? by Sheldon Danziger The Economics of Young Adulthood: One Future or Two? by Jennifer Tanner and Scott Yabiku Index