Topic 20: Teen Labor and Its Prevalence

Some Motivating Questions:

1.  What percentage of age-eligible teens work?  What percentage of the labor force is teen labor?

2.  Other than their younger age, in what ways do teen workers differ from other workers, relevant to labor demand and labor supply? Does this have implications for the teen labor’s compensation or employment?

3.  What have labor economists recently found about teen labor and their labor market experience?