The Lucky Few. Between the greatest generation and the baby boom.

Autor/in	Carlson, Elwood
Titel	The Lucky Few. Between the greatest generation and the baby boom. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Die Generation der "Lucky Few" (1929-1945) in den USA.
Quelle	Dordrecht: Springer (2008), 216 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
ISBN	978-1-4020-8850-6
DOI	10.1007/978-1-4020-8541-3
Schlagwörter	Bildungschance; Generation; Familienstruktur; Geburtenentwicklung; Bildungsabschluss; Soziales Verhalten; Sozialgeschichte; Geburtenhäufigkeit; Wehrdienst; Einkommenshöhe; Erwerbsquote; Konjunkturaufschwung; Arbeitslosenquote; Arbeitsmarktchance; Berufsausstieg; 20. Jahrhundert; Nachkriegszeit; Schwarzer; Weißer; USA
Abstract	"Born during the Great Depression and World War Two (1929-1945) - between the Greatest Generation and the Baby Boom - an entire generation has slipped between the cracks of history. Yet behind the scenes, these Lucky Few became the first American generation smaller than the one before them, and the luckiest generation of Americans ever. As children they experienced the most stable intact parental families in the nation's history. Lucky Few women married earlier than any other generation of the century and helped give birth to the Baby Boom, yet also gained in education compared to earlier generations. Lucky Few men made the greatest gains of the century in schooling, earned veterans benefits like the Greatest Generation but served mostly in peacetime with only a fraction of the casualties, came closest to full employment, and spearheaded the trend toward earlier retirement. More than any other generation, Lucky Few men advanced into professional and white-collar jobs while Lucky Few women concentrated in the clerical 'pink-collar ghetto.' Even in retirement and old age the Lucky Few remain in the right place at the right time. Here is their story, and the story of how they have affected other recent generations of Americans before and since." Die Untersuchung enthält quantitative Daten. Forschungsmethode: historisch; empirisch-quantitativ; empirisch; Sekundäranalyse. Die Untersuchung bezieht sich auf den Zeitraum 1871 bis 2008. (Text excerpt, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2012/2