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Explaining the decline in teen labor force participation

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  • Daniel Aaronson
  • Kyung-Hong Park
  • Daniel G. Sullivan

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Fewer teenagers are participating in the labor force today than at any point since WWII. At just under 44%, teen labor force participation is 15 percentage points below its peak in the late 1970s. Why has there been a long-run secular decline in the work activity of young adults, and why has it sharply accelerated in the last five years?

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  • Daniel Aaronson & Kyung-Hong Park & Daniel G. Sullivan, 2007. "Explaining the decline in teen labor force participation," Chicago Fed Letter, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, issue Jan.
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fedhle:y:2007:i:jan:n:234
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    1. Ivan O. KITOV, 2008. "The Driving Force of Labor Force Participation in Developed Countries," Journal of Applied Economic Sciences, Spiru Haret University, Faculty of Financial Management and Accounting Craiova, vol. 3(3(5)_Fall), pages 203-222.

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