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Remote working drove US youth unemployment – NY Fed study

Economists say uptick in joblessness among US graduates predates spread of AI

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The rise of remote working explains most of the increase in youth employment in the US since the pandemic, according to a study published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. 

In a blogpost published on June 1, NY Fed economist Natalia Emanuel and academics Emma Harrington and Amanda Pallais say remote working can explain 64% of the post-Covid rise in unemployment among young graduates. “The timing of this surge suggests that remote work – not generative [artificial intelligence] – explains

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