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The Teen Jobs Problem: It's Worse Than It Looks

As summer approaches, many teens aren't even trying to look for work

May 30, 2012 RSS Feed Print
This summer, teens might be doing more lying around and less jobseeking than they once did.

This summer, teens might be doing more lying around and less jobseeking than they once did.

For American teens as a whole, this summer isn't looking to be much of an improvement over last summer. Khatiwada and his colleagues at CLMS predict that just over one-quarter of teens (a seasonally adjusted 26.8 percent) will have jobs this summer—a slight rise from last summer's rate of 25.7 percent.

Danielle Kurtzleben is a business and economics reporter for U.S. News & World Report. Connect with her on Twitter at @titonka or via E-mail at dkurtzleben@usnews.com.

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