◎ Contents Chapter 1. introduction: The price of independence: The economics of early adulthood Part Ⅰ Securing Employment and completing schooling Chapter 2. Failure to launch: Cross-national trends in the transition to economic independence Chapter 3. Is the company man an anachronism? Chapter 4. Health insurance and the transition to adulthood Chapter 5. Blurring the boundary: Changes in collegiate participation and the transition to adulthood Part Ⅱ Living with parents longer and starting families later Chapter 6. Labor market Experiences and transitions to adulthood Chapter 7. Young adults leaving the nest: The role of the cost of living Ghapter 8. Sticking Around: Delayed departure from the parental mest in western Europe Chapter 9. To have and to hole: An analysis of young adult Debt Part Ⅲ Family background, incarceration, and the transition to adulthood Chapter 10. Family background and children's transitions to adulthood over time Chapter 11. Early incarceration spells and the transition to adulthood Index