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Disconnected Young Adults: Increasing Engagement and Opportunity

Pamela Loprest, Shayne Spaulding, Demetra Smith Nightingale
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences December 2019, 5 (5) 221-243; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2019.5.5.11
Pamela Loprest
aA senior fellow at the Urban Institute
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Shayne Spaulding
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Demetra Smith Nightingale
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    Labor-Force Participation of Youth, by Age

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    Labor-Force Participation of Youth Ages Twenty to Twenty-Four, by Gender and Race

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    Percentage of Disconnected Youth Ages Twenty to Twenty-Four, by Gender

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    Percentage of Disconnected Youth Ages Twenty to Twenty-Four, by Race and Ethnicity

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    Number of Disconnected Youth Ages Twenty to Twenty-Four

    Source: Authors’ calculations from Current Population Survey, ASEC 2018 (U.S. Census Bureau 2019).

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RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences: 5 (5)
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Pamela Loprest, Shayne Spaulding, Demetra Smith Nightingale
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Dec 2019, 5 (5) 221-243; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2019.5.5.11

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RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Dec 2019, 5 (5) 221-243; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2019.5.5.11
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    • EMPLOYMENT AND DISCONNECTION AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE
    • CAUSES OF YOUTH DISCONNECTION
    • CONSEQUENCES OF DISCONNECTION AMONG YOUTH
    • PROGRAM AND POLICY SOLUTIONS TO INCREASE ENGAGEMENT AND OPPORTUNITY
    • IMPROVING COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO BETTER SERVE DISCONNECTED YOUTH
    • REDUCING BARRIERS TO WORK AND SCHOOLING
    • ADDRESSING DEMAND-SIDE ISSUES
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