Older Immigrants Taking Summer Jobs from US Teens

[hazlnut]

Denying kids jobs and a chance to get started in a career, leaving them idle and ready to get into trouble.

Advanced nations only allow immigrants who have job skills the host nation is short of.


In his analysis, Camarota found that employers are seizing on older immigrants, often over 20 and with some working experience, instead of U.S. teens to fill summer jobs. And another driving factor, he said, may be that immigrants are willing to work for a lower wage.

While good for immigrants, he cited research that it can be devastating for U.S. teens. Shut out of a summer job, they often have difficulty in the workforce for years.

“Teens employed in high school earn more than teens who did not work in the first year after graduation, with wage differences tending to increase over time. Also, teens who were employed in high school are more likely to be employed and work more hours during the year, with a significant relationship between hours worked in high school and subsequent hours worked and wages earned,” said the report.

Older immigrants ‘crowding out’ US teens for summer jobs

I blame the parents for not installing a better work ethic in their kids.

Today's teens balk at taking out the trash, cleaning toilets, and weeding the lawn. Lazy and spoiled. Too bad for them, the free market doesn't care.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Denying kids jobs and a chance to get started in a career, leaving them idle and ready to get into trouble.

Advanced nations only allow immigrants who have job skills the host nation is short of.


In his analysis, Camarota found that employers are seizing on older immigrants, often over 20 and with some working experience, instead of U.S. teens to fill summer jobs. And another driving factor, he said, may be that immigrants are willing to work for a lower wage.

While good for immigrants, he cited research that it can be devastating for U.S. teens. Shut out of a summer job, they often have difficulty in the workforce for years.

“Teens employed in high school earn more than teens who did not work in the first year after graduation, with wage differences tending to increase over time. Also, teens who were employed in high school are more likely to be employed and work more hours during the year, with a significant relationship between hours worked in high school and subsequent hours worked and wages earned,” said the report.

Older immigrants ‘crowding out’ US teens for summer jobs

I blame the parents for not installing a better work ethic in their kids.

Today's teens balk at taking out the trash, cleaning toilets, and weeding the lawn. Lazy and spoiled. Too bad for them, the free market doesn't care.

Installing?

Kids today look at mowing grass as mexican work. Just another way mexicans are changing our culture for the worse.

 

[dudmuck]

Michelle Obama is a victim as well.