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The Projected Summer 2007 Teen Job Outlook For The Nation's Teens And The Case For A Federally-Funded Summer Jobs Creation Program, Andrew Sum, Robert Taggart, Joseph Mclaughlin
The Projected Summer 2007 Teen Job Outlook For The Nation's Teens And The Case For A Federally-Funded Summer Jobs Creation Program, Andrew Sum, Robert Taggart, Joseph Mclaughlin
Andrew Sum
Following the end of the 1990s national labor market boom in early 2001, the labor market for the teens of the nation deteriorated considerably over the next four years. Employment opportunities fell far more sharply for teens than for any other age group, and they have not improved to any substantive degree over the past three years (2004-2006) despite renewed wage and salary job growth across the country. The overall teen employment rate (36.6%) in the past three years (2004-2006) was the lowest in the past 60 years.
The Summer Teen Job Market In 2005 And The Predicted Outlook For 2006: Implications Of Summer Employment For Jobs For America’S Graduate's Programs, Joseph Mclaughlin, Andrew Sum, Neeta Fogg
The Summer Teen Job Market In 2005 And The Predicted Outlook For 2006: Implications Of Summer Employment For Jobs For America’S Graduate's Programs, Joseph Mclaughlin, Andrew Sum, Neeta Fogg
Andrew Sum
The paper will begin with a brief review of the employment concepts and measures underlying all of the employment estimates appearing in this paper and the data sources used to generate these teen employment rate estimates. Trends in the employment rates of the teens of the nation from the summer of 1979 through the summer of 2005 will be presented and analyzed. We will show that the summer 2005 employment rate for teens tied the summer of 2004 as the lowest on record since 1948 when the national, CPS historical employment data series for teens begins. We will supplement findings …
The Projected Summer 2007 Job Outlook April 2007 For The Nation's Teens And The Implications Of Summer Employment For Jobs For America’S Graduates' Programs, Joseph Mclaughlin, Andrew Sum, Ishwar Khatiwada
The Projected Summer 2007 Job Outlook April 2007 For The Nation's Teens And The Implications Of Summer Employment For Jobs For America’S Graduates' Programs, Joseph Mclaughlin, Andrew Sum, Ishwar Khatiwada
Andrew Sum
During the past few years, the Center for Labor Market Studies of Northeastern University has been engaged in a diverse array of research activities focused on changing labor market conditions for the teens of the nation and young adults (those 16-24 years old) from the late 1980s to the present. Employment rates for teens fell considerably from 2000 through 2004 and remained at low levels for most of the past two years despite relatively strong overall job growth. The annual average employment rates for teens in 2004 and 2005 were the lowest in the last 57 years. Among the objectives …
Out With The Young And In With The Old : U.S. Labor Markets 2000-2008 And The Case For An Immediate Jobs Creation Program For Teens And Young Adults, Andrew Sum, Joseph Mclaughlin
Out With The Young And In With The Old : U.S. Labor Markets 2000-2008 And The Case For An Immediate Jobs Creation Program For Teens And Young Adults, Andrew Sum, Joseph Mclaughlin
Andrew Sum
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The Collapse Of The National Teen Job Market And The Case For An Immediate Summer And Year Round Youth Jobs Creation Program, Andrew Sum, Ishwar Khatiwada, Joseph Mclaughlin
The Collapse Of The National Teen Job Market And The Case For An Immediate Summer And Year Round Youth Jobs Creation Program, Andrew Sum, Ishwar Khatiwada, Joseph Mclaughlin
Andrew Sum
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.