Labour Market Problems, and Psychological Well‐Being: A Panel Study of Canadian Youth in Transition From School to WorkFootnote∗

∗ Revised version of a paper presented to the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association, June 1992, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Financial assistance was provided by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRCC), the Alberta and Ontario governments, the Solicitor General Canada, the cities of Edmonton and Toronto, the University of Alberta and Laurentian University. Useful suggestions from anonymous reviewers for this journal are gratefully acknowledged. Marianne Nielson and Ahmet Oncu served effectively as research assistants for part of this project Authors’ names are listed alphabetically.

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