With higher education increasingly becoming an entry-level requirement and substantive work experience being expected earlier and earlier, our new report looks at how policymakers in Texas have an opportunity to take proactive steps to improve the ability of working students...
The young adult unemployment rate increased slightly to 6.5 percent, in January (seasonally adjusted), up from 6.3 percent in December. About 51,000 new young adults entered the workforce, which can cause the unemployment rate to increase. The number of unemployed...
The unemployment rate for young adults fell to 6.3 percent in December 2016, its lowest point in nearly a decade. Last week’s report is the final jobs report of the Obama administration, which oversaw a volatile workforce that significantly impacted...
Millennials, a generation that came of age during one of the greatest economic downturns in our nation’s history, have experienced unique financial hardships that have threatened their economic security and hindered their ability to start independent adult lives. As the...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 19, 2016 Contact: Sarah Schultz, Sarah.Schultz@YoungInvincibles.org, 202-734-6510 New York — Today, the Northeast regional office of Young Invincibles, a young adult research and advocacy organization, has released a new report “Sounding the Alarm: New York’s Young...
Youth unemployment among young New Yorkers ages 16-24 is at crisis-levels. Across the state, the unemployment rate for residents 35 years and older is four percent, compared to a 15 percent statewide average unemployment rate for young adults between the...
Young Invincibles and the National Partnership for Women & Families held a discussion on how expanding access to paid sick days can help Millennial parents and their children access preventive care under the Affordable Care Act. The webinar highlighted findings from a...
Echoing the national employment picture, young adults unemployment rate fell again last month, from 6.9 percent in July to 6.7 percent in August (seasonably adjusted). Young African Americans, a group with persistently high unemployment rates, also dropped nearly two points...
As Labor Day approaches, Young Invincibles wants to elevate the voices of the youngest generation in the workforce. Since the Great Recession, unemployment has steadily fallen, but young people have several hurdles to leap–18-24-year-olds still experience unemployment at the highest...
As Labor Day approaches, Young Invincibles wants to elevate the voices of the youngest generation in the workforce. Since the Great Recession, unemployment has steadily fallen, but young people have several hurdles to leap–18-24-year-olds still experience unemployment at the highest...