The Dying Summer Job

What happened to the seasonal teenage workforce? That’s the question at the heart of a new Pew Research Center report, which documents the long-term drop-off in teen summer employment. As recently as 2000, more than half (52%) of 16- to 19-year-olds had a summer job. That rate plummeted to 30% following the Great Recession—and has barely budged since, s…