Young Adults in Poverty

Young Disadvantaged Men: Father, Families, Poverty, and Policy

Timothy M. Smeeding, Irwin Garfinkel, Ronald Mincy, The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, May 2011

Pathways to Prosperity: Meeting the Challenge (PDF)

William C. Symonds, Robert B. Schwartz and Ronald Ferguson, Pathways to Prosperity Project, Harvard Graduate School of Education, February 2010

Help Wanted: Projections of Jobs and Education Requirements Through 2018

Anthony P. Carnevale, Nicole Smith, Jeff Strohl, Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce

The Kids Aren’t Alright—A Labor Market Analysis of Young Workers

Kathryn Anne Edwards, Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, Economic Policy Institute, April 2010

National Service and Youth Unemployment: Strategies for Job Creation Amid Economic Recovery (PDF)

Melissa Boteach, Joy Moses, Shirley Sagawa, Center for American Progress, November 2009

Youth Who Are “Disconnected” And Those Who Then Reconnect: Assessing the Influence of Family, Programs, Peers and Communities

Elizabeth C. Hair, Kristin A. Moore, et al; Child Trends Research Brief, July 2009

Disconnected Youth: A Look at 16- to 24-Year Olds Who Are Not Working or In School (PDF)

Adrienne L. Fernandes, Thomas Gabe, Congressional Research Service, April 2009

The Economic State of Young America

Tamara Draut, Demos, 2008

Demographic Snapshot of Young Adults Aged 18-34 in the United States (PDF)

Ruben G. Rumbaut, Golnaz Komaie, Charlie V. Morgan, MacArthur Research Network on Transitions to Adulthood, May 2007

Family Support During the Transition to Adulthood

Robert Schoeni, Karen Ross, National Poverty Center, August 2004

Exits from poverty among rural and urban black, hispanic, and white young adults

Teresa Mauldin, Yoko Mimura, The Review of Black Political Economy, June 2001