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Re:Teenage employment has bounced back by simonsarris on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @04:12PM (#26894818)
Arguably, this is an interesting natural experiment on whether COVID stimulus is reducing employment, since teenagers do not receive COVID stimulus.
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Re:Teenage employment has bounced back by websitejanitor on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @04:27PM (#26895008)
I'm going to argue no. Unemployed people are not lazy sponges mooching off of an extra, measly $300/month.

The easiest explanation is that teenagers are cheaper to employ for a certain segment of jobs and won't quit when their 5-15 year career job opens back up.

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