Youth: From Classroom to Workplace? (CRS Report for Congress)
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| Release Date |
April 20, 2005 |
| Report Number |
RL32871 |
| Report Type |
Report |
| Authors |
Linda Levine, Domestic Social Policy Division |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
Summary:
A part of the discourse about remedies to potential labor shortages has involvedolder persons themselves and changes in immigration policy. Little consideration hasbeen given to the role that might be played by the younger members of the workingagepopulation, who are in part the focus of legislation being considered forreauthorization by the 109th Congress (the Workforce Investment Act, the Carl D.Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act, and the Higher Education Act).Specifically, are the youngest replacements for retiring baby-boomers being fullyutilized in the sense that most teenagers and young adults successfully transition fromthe classroom to the workplace? Which 16-24 year olds are, instead, more likely toimpose costs on society rather than contribute to the economy as taxpayers?1 Thisreport will examine the experience of youth in the labor force and attempt to shedsome light on these matters.
