After dropping in 2020, teen summer employment may be poised to continue its slow comeback
Last summer, businesses trying to come back from the COVID-19 pandemic hired nearly a million more teens than in the summer of 2020.
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Last summer, businesses trying to come back from the COVID-19 pandemic hired nearly a million more teens than in the summer of 2020.
Among the roughly 6 million small business firms with employees, 49% have just one to four workers.
With the economic recovery gaining momentum, unemployment among immigrants is about equal with that of U.S.-born workers.
Fewer than a third (30.8%) of U.S. teens had a paying job last summer. In 2019, 35.8% of teens worked over the summer.
Here’s how the COVID-19 recession is affecting labor force participation and unemployment among American workers a year after its onset.
About four-in-ten unemployed workers had been out of work for more than six months in February 2021, about double the share in February 2020.
Among adults 25 and older who have no education beyond high school, more women have left the labor force than men.
About half of U.S. adults who are currently unemployed and are looking for a job are pessimistic about their prospects for future employment.
The share of unpartnered mothers who are employed and at work has fallen more precipitously than among other parents.
The shares of mothers and fathers who are working have fallen from 2019 to 2020, but the falloff has been comparable for each group.
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