Labor Day Episode: What we know about juvenile employment

Release date: September 4, 2023

Millions of kids in the U.S. have jobs. For this mini Labor Day Episode of Talking About Kids, I want to examine what we know about the benefits and risks of juvenile employment. Links to some of the research I cite are below. Full-length Talking About Kids episodes will return next week (September 11, 2023).

Links

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

https://www.bls.gov/cps/

The Benefits and Risks of Adolescent Employment

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2936460/