By Jaison R. Abel, Richard Deitz, and Yaqin Su – Federal Reserve Bank of New York
According to numerous accounts, the Great Recession has left many recent college graduates struggling to find jobs that utilize their education. However, a look at the data on the employment outcomes for recent graduates over the past two decades suggests that such difficulties are not a new phenomenon: individuals just beginning their careers often need time to transition into the labor market. Still, the percentage who are unemployed or “underemployed”—working in a job that typically does not require a bachelor’s degree—has risen, particularly since the 2001 recession. Moreover, the quality of the jobs held by the underemployed has declined, with today’s recent graduates increasingly accepting low-wage jobs or working part-time.
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Are Recent College Graduates Finding Good Jobs
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source: http://www.newyorkfed.org/research/current_issues/ci20-1.pdf
