Back in 2000, 45 percent of 16- to 19-year-olds nationwide found summer employment.
Those were the good old days.
A new study (PDF) from the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University in Boston finds that the summer job market for teens has eroded so much in the past decade that only about 25 percent will find work this summer.
Study co-author Andrew Sum warns that this will hurt teens’ future employability. “The less work you do when you’re a teenager, the less likely it is that you work [right] after you graduate, and you’re going to end up getting lower-wage, less employment when you’re in your early- to mid-20s,” he told the Chicago Sun-Times.
A Connecticut Commission on Children blog highlighting news articles and other information on how children are faring in this crisis.
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