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Cross-National Differences in Employment and Economic Sufficiency

Timothy M. Smeeding

Syracuse University

Katherin Ross Phillips

The Urban Institute's Income and Benefits Policy Center

Economic independence is an important indicator of the transition to adulthood. This article portrays the level of economic in dependence among young adults, ages eighteen to thirty-two, in seven industrialized countries. The cross-national variations the authors uncover help one understand how work, family, and comparative income packages affect economic self-sufficiency. In all countries, young women are less able than are young men to become economically independent through market work alone. The ability to support a family is affected more by government transfers than the ability to support oneself. The authors also find that family support through additional income, the provision of housing, and caring labor as well as decisions to have roommates are clearly important to the economic well-being of young adults. In closing, the authors suggest several avenues for future research.

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 580, No. 1, 103-133 (2002)
DOI: 10.1177/000271620258000105
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