Research on Summer Programs Sheds Light on Employment and Well-Being for Youth

Two new work­ing papers from the Nation­al Bureau of Eco­nom­ic Research offer sup­port for dis­tinct approach­es to increas­ing equi­ty in employ­ment for ado­les­cents and young adults. Fund­ed by the Abdul Latif Jameel Pover­ty Action Lab’s Social Pol­i­cy Research Ini­tia­tive and sup­port­ed by the Annie E. Casey Foun­da­tion, the stud­ies pro­vide valu­able insights that pol­i­cy­mak­ers and fun­ders can use to devel­op effec­tive youth work­force strategies.

The papers are based on ran­dom­ized con­trolled stud­ies about sum­mer youth employ­ment pro­grams — research that’s aligned with Casey’s broad­er com­mit­ment to devel­op­ing the job skills of young peo­ple and expand­ing their oppor­tu­ni­ties in the work­force.