Attention Economy


Friday, December 8, 2023

Graduating During a Recession

Life-Cycle Impacts of Graduating in a Recession
https://www.nber.org/reporter/2023number1/life-cycle-impacts-graduating-recession
Young adults who enter the labor market during recessions can experience negative impacts to their economic, family, and health outcomes that endure into middle age and beyond. Those who join the workforce in a downturn have lower long-term earnings, higher rates of disability, fewer marriages, less successful spouses, and fewer children. In middle age they also have higher mortality due to lung, liver, and heart disease. The long-lasting effects of labor market shocks to young adults have important implications for assessing the costs of recessions and government interventions. 


Recession Graduates: The Long-lasting Effects of an Unlucky Draw
https://siepr.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/publications/PolicyBrief-Apr2019.pdf 

People Who Graduate During Recessions Earn Less Money — but They’re Happier
https://hbr.org/2018/09/people-who-graduate-during-recessions-earn-less-money-but-theyre-happier