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Andria Smythe on the College Outcomes of Young Adults in a Recession

Andria Smythe on the College Outcomes of Young Adults in a Recession

FromPoverty Research & Policy


Andria Smythe on the College Outcomes of Young Adults in a Recession

FromPoverty Research & Policy

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Length:
16 minutes
Released:
May 17, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

There's a sort of conventional wisdom that during recessions, more  people enroll in college or stay in college longer when jobs are scarce. But it's not clear that this "benefit" extends to everyone. In this episode, Howard University economist Andria Smythe talks about her research looking at how college outcomes of young adults shifted during a recession and how she found that those from disadvantaged backgrounds' levels of college completion were hurt more during a recession.
Released:
May 17, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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The Poverty Research & Policy Podcast is produced by the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) and features interviews with researchers about poverty, inequality, and policy in the United States.