Recession Hits Male Teens Harder Than Females
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Jim Liebelt Jim Liebelt's Blog
- Updated May 25, 2010
Gender mattered during this recession.
The downturn, the worst since the Great Depression, hit men harder than women, a fact that has been widely discussed.
What is less well known is that the recession hit male teens harder than female teens. And economists are still trying to sort out the reasons.
Males ages 16 to 19 have an unemployment rate of 29.3 percent. That compares with a 21.4 percent rate for females of the same ages, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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