Jobs for only 25% of teens: study, By Francine Knowles, May 2, 2011, Chicago Sun-Times: “As few as 25 percent of 16- to 19-year-olds are likely to be employed this summer, part of a decades-long trend of declines in teen summer employment, according to a report to be released today at the Chicago Urban League. By comparison, 45 percent of teens had summer employment in 2000, a study by Northeastern University’s Center for Labor Market Studies found. The low employment rates will have negative repercussions on teens’ future employability, report co-author Andrew Sum warns. The report looked at teens ages 16 to 19…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty