Once a rite of passage to adulthood, summer jobs for teens are disappearing.
Fewer than three in 10 American teenagers now hold jobs such as
running cash registers, mowing lawns or busing restaurant tables from
June to August. The decline has been particularly sharp since 2000, with
employment for 16-to-19-year olds falling to the lowest level since
World War II.
And teen employment may never return to pre-recession levels, suggests a projection by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The drop in teen employment, steeper than for other age groups, is
partly a cultural shift. More youths are spending summer months in
school, at music or learning camps or in other activities geared for
college. But the decline is especially troubling for teens for whom
college may be out of reach, leaving them increasingly idle and with few
options to earn wages and job experience.
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