August 1, 2000 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Youth working in high school more likely to be employed in future
Increasing the
weeks spent working while school was in session when a student is aged
16-17 is associated with increasing that individual’s weeks worked
during the following 13 years.
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The step up in the percent of weeks worked in the 13 years after high
school holds true regardless of the category of hours worked per week
during high school. In particular, individuals who did not work during
school weeks while aged 16 and 17 worked 64 percent of weeks from age 18
through 30, while those who worked 50 percent of school weeks or less
while aged 16 and 17 worked 74 percent of weeks while aged 18 to 30.
Among youths that worked more than 50 percent of school weeks, the
percentage is even higher (between 82 and 84 percent depending on the
category of hours worked per week). The overall step-up pattern holds for
both men and women and regardless of race and ethnicity.
Data on youth employment are a product of the National
Longitudinal Surveys. Additional
information is available from Chapter 7 of the Report
on the Youth Labor Force.
Of interest
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