Contributor(s)
Sheila Palma, Northeastern University - Center for Labor Market Studies
Abstract
Deteriorating teen employment rates during a growing national labor market is unprecedented. Declines in teen employment rates over the past seven years (2000-2007) have been widespread across age, gender, race-ethnic, educational attainment, household income, and geographic subgroups.
Keywords
teens, young adults, employment analysis
Subject Categories
Teenagers - Employement, Summer employment
Disciplines
Labor Economics
Publisher
Northeastern University
Publication Date
3-2008
Rights Holder
Northeastern University
Permanent URL
Recommended Citation
Sum, Andrew; Khatiwada, Ishwar; and McLaughlin, Joseph, "The collapse of the national teen job market and the case for an immediate summer and year round youth jobs creation program" (2008). Center for Labor Market Studies Publications. Paper 10. http://hdl.handle.net/2047/d10015383
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Notes
This report was published in March 2008 and was prepared for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Labor, Health, Human Services and Education, Washington, D.C. by the Center for Labor Market Studies, Northeastern University, Boston, MA.