Tag: young adults

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When the economy tips into a recession, as it is doing in reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic, the question of whether parents will give financial help to their adult children could conceivably go either way. Parents looking for some peace of mind might throw a financial lifeline to their struggling or unemployed offspring. Or parents…

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Abstract This paper examines the prevalence of scheduling uncertainty and the degree of work hour volatility among young adults with disabilities from 2008 through 2018, using data from the Current Population Survey and the National Longitudinal Youth Survey.  First, the paper documents the magnitude of several features of irregular schedules among workers with disabilities in…