[DYngbld]

The evidence indicates that immigration accounts for a significant share of the decline in teen labor force participation.

I would guess that "significant share of the decline", is laziness, selfishness, and the "Mom Buy me that!" attitude I see in so many young people. ( My 14 year old daughter pointed this out to me. )

[Wolfie]

I don’t know, I’m with the kids on this one. Plenty of time to lose your job to cheap foreign labor when they become adults. Why rush it?

[Bad~Rodeo]

My 16yo wants to work and has already started looking for a summer job. The pickings are slim

[MrEdd]

The potential legal liability should a minor be injured on the job is probably a bigger factor. This one really is a government created problem.

When I was fourteen, I loaded trucks for North American Van Lines. You couldn't do that today.

[PogySailor]

My daughter has been looking for a part time job for the past two years. Most places aren't hiring part timers, and the ones that are don't want someone who will only be in town for 3 months before going back to school.

I amazes me how many jobs that used to be pretty much exclusively staffed by teens are now held by older adults.

[xzins]

The report is clear about the impact of a part-time job on our youth. Not only does it prepare the work habits necessary for later employment, it also is the beginning of their resume, another avenue to later employment.

I’m betting that lack of employment, and the boredom that comes along with empty days, contributes to teen use of chemicals (alcohol or drugs) simply because of available time and resources.

As you suggest, it contributes to a “give to me” attitude, and that would lead to a greater likelihood to consider taking government handouts.

Get illegals out of our employment market. There is NOTHING good about illegal immigration.