Youth Policy How Can We Smooth the Rocky Pathway to Adulthood? Summary While boosts in labor demand have helped young workers as the economy recovers from the COVID-19 recession, young people continue to grapple with a youth labor market that has been deteriorating for 20 years. Their prospects have been dimmed by three major recessions: the burst of the dot-com...
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Navigating the College-to-Career Pathway The 10 Rules of Moving from Youth Dependency to Adult Economic Independence Summary Over the past half century, postsecondary education has played an increasingly important role in career preparation in the United States. Having a college degree or certificate has become both more valuable in the labor market and more expensive, with much of the burden...
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The College Payoff More Education Doesn’t Always Mean More Earnings Summary Explore the Data Full Report Press Release Summary The College Payoff: More Education Doesn’t Always Mean More Earnings explores how lifetime earnings vary by education level, field of study, occupation, industry, gender, race and ethnicity, and location. The lifetime earnings of a full-time full-year worker with a high school...
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