Opinion: Summer jobs are far and few between for teens
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Opinion: Summer jobs are far and few between for teens
- April 23, 2019
- David Neumark, economics, via Taunton Daily Gazette, April 23, 2019 (Opinion)
A recent Mercatus Center study by economists David Neumark of UC Irvine and Cortnie
Shupe of German Institute for Economic Research found that higher minimum wages were
the “predominant factor” in the decline of teen labor force participation rates. The
researchers examined the recent sharp drop in teen employment and determined that
“a rising minimum wage [on the state and federal level] could have priced some teenagers
out of the labor market.”
For the full story, please visit https://www.tauntongazette.com/opinion/20190423/opinion-summer-jobs-are-far-and-few-between-for-teens.
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