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Title: Young Workers in California: A Snapshot 2020

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Publication Year: 2020

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Abstract: Young workers are vital to the future of California, the fifth-largest economy in the world. Workers between the ages of 18 and 29 make up a quarter of all employees in the state. Young fast food and retail workers played a critical role in California’s organizing campaign to increase the minimum wage to $15, which will raise low-wage workers’ lifetime earnings by over 20% and could increase their retirement incomes by roughly half. Young Californians represent an influential force in shaping current public debates around the future of work, student debt, access to safe, quality schools, immigration reform, and affordable housing.

Url: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6qv034xg

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Authors: Orellana, Reyna; Quiroz, Jeylee; Macias, Monica

Publisher: UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment

Data Collections: IPUMS USA, IPUMS CPS

Topics: Education, Housing and Segregation, Migration and Immigration, Poverty and Welfare

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