About one in seven young adults is disconnected, meaning they are living their lives without working or bettering themselves through training or school. RAND researchers are sounding the alarm about the toll that takes on the young people and their communities. RAND is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization that provides leaders with the information they need to make evidence-based decisions, according to its website. Jennie Wenger, a senior economist at RAND, said there are immediate and future costs to the individual. But there’s also a societal cost to people being underemployed. Disconnected young people are more likely to be eligible for...
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About 1 in 7 young Americans ‘disconnected’ from work or school, and society pays a price
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