Early-career trajectories of young workers in the U.S. in the context of the 2008-09 recession: The effect of labor market entry timing.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:The goal of this study was to analyze differences in the employment and wage trajectories of college-educated young workers in the United States, as distinguished by the timing of their entry into the labor market relative to the onset of the 2008-09 recession. METHODS AND FINDINGS:Using annual American Community Survey microdata, we analyzed the first six years of employment and wage outcomes for cohorts of young workers on traditional-student pathways entering the market (1) in 2006, shortly before recession onset; (2) in 2009, during the recession; and (3) in 2012, three years after the recession officially ended. We found evidence for negative effects on outcomes and outcome trajectories differentiated by the recession's proximity to workers' labor market entry, including low

SUBMITTER: Atherwood S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6435221 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature