Alicia Sasser-Modestino Associate Professor a.modestino@northeastern.edu 617.373.8900 Expertise COVID-19, Economics of Healthcare Reform, inflation, labor markets, Labor Movement, Migration, Unemployment, Youth Labor Markets Alicia Sasser Modestino in the Press Morning Brew For teens, summer jobs may be few and far between Economist Alicia Sasser Modestino from Northeastern University called the under-20 crowd “the last to be hired, the first to be fired” when the labor market cools. Quote of the Day: Looking for a Summer Job? It’s Brutal Out There. ALICIA SASSER MODESTINO, an economist at Northeastern University in Boston, on employers freezing roles or cutting seasonal positions, hitting teenagers the hardest. Teens face hiring chill as they hunt for summer jobs “If you look at youth unemployment before the pandemic, that’s pretty much where we’re headed,” said Alicia Sasser Modestino, a labor economist at Northeastern University who studies teenage employment. The Summer Job, a Rite of Passage for Teens, May Be Fading Away Uncertainty about the economy is a major reason, said Alicia Sasser Modestino, an economist at Northeastern University in Boston. Marketplace There could be fewer summer jobs available for teenagers this year “This is what teaches good work habits,” said Alicia Modestino, a professor of public policy at Northeastern University. New York’s paperboys last delivery Alicia Modestino is an expert in youth employment at Northeastern University. The WSJ’s Jonathan Clements Wants to Leave a Living Legacy Economist Alicia Modestino of Northeastern University is also affiliated with J-PAL. For decades, she says, the Boston Summer Youth Employment Program has aimed “to reduce inequality of opportunity by increasing access to early employment experiences for disadvantaged youth.” EconoFact Turning a Corner on the Opioid Crisis? Alicia Modestino, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, and Economics at Northeastern University, where she also serves as Research Director of the Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy, joins EconoFact Chats. Voice of America US Fed expected to announce its first interest rate cut since 2020 “As much as I think the Fed tries to say that they’re not a political animal, we are in a really wild cycle right now,” Alicia Modestino, an associate professor of economics at Northeastern University, told AFP. Commentary: Summer jobs are back this year, but for how long? Op-ed by Alicia Modestino, the executive director of Community to Community, a new research initiative at Northeastern University that uses data and analysis to design, implement and evaluate public policies to push the needle forward on complex problems found in urban areas. Alicia Sasser Modestino for Northeastern Global NewsNortheastern’s summer jobs program implements longtime WSJ columnist’s legacyFriends of WSJ columnist Jonathan Clements raise money for some participants in the Summer Youth Employment Program to open Roth IRAs. Can the federal government really build 3 million homes?How do you create millions of homes?Northeastern professor Alicia Modestino says housing and zoning decisions are primarily made at the local level. Weak jobs report sends stocks tumbling, but what’s really happening in the labor market?“the market took the Friday jobs report as an opportunity to self correct about a couple different things,” economist Alicia Modestino says. New tool, backed by Northeastern research, connects workers with skills, education and high-quality jobsThe Job Quality Benchmarking Index was developed by JVS, which helps connect workers with skills, education and high-quality jobs. California’s fast-food minimum wage hike a ‘new strategy’ for progressives, economistNortheastern University labor economist Alicia Modestino says the $20 an hour may work for California but may not for all states. The next steps for ‘wildly impactful’ youth summer jobs program are in the worksParticipants demonstrate increased employment, wages and academic achievement and decreased involvement with the criminal justice system. Good economy or bad? Why economists and consumers seem to differ “Almost all economists have a view similar to mine; much of the public does not,” Bob Triest of Northeastern University says. Boston summer youth jobs program is more equitable, efficient thanks to Northeastern research, algorithmProgram benefits include increased employment and wages, academic achievement, and decreased involvement in the criminal justice system. Northeastern celebrates a summer of empowering young people from underserved communities to succeedMore than 130 students completed the Northeastern Youth Summer Jobs Program, a partnership with the SuccessLinks Youth Jobs program of the city of Boston and its Learn and Earn program. ‘Swiftonomics,’ or the smart business choices Taylor Swift makes that affect the U.S. economyThe Eras tour is smashing all sorts of records in terms of ticket prices, crowds and revenues. But the tour could also generate up to $4.6 billion in consumer spending.
Morning Brew For teens, summer jobs may be few and far between Economist Alicia Sasser Modestino from Northeastern University called the under-20 crowd “the last to be hired, the first to be fired” when the labor market cools.
Quote of the Day: Looking for a Summer Job? It’s Brutal Out There. ALICIA SASSER MODESTINO, an economist at Northeastern University in Boston, on employers freezing roles or cutting seasonal positions, hitting teenagers the hardest.
Teens face hiring chill as they hunt for summer jobs “If you look at youth unemployment before the pandemic, that’s pretty much where we’re headed,” said Alicia Sasser Modestino, a labor economist at Northeastern University who studies teenage employment.
The Summer Job, a Rite of Passage for Teens, May Be Fading Away Uncertainty about the economy is a major reason, said Alicia Sasser Modestino, an economist at Northeastern University in Boston.
Marketplace There could be fewer summer jobs available for teenagers this year “This is what teaches good work habits,” said Alicia Modestino, a professor of public policy at Northeastern University.
New York’s paperboys last delivery Alicia Modestino is an expert in youth employment at Northeastern University.
The WSJ’s Jonathan Clements Wants to Leave a Living Legacy Economist Alicia Modestino of Northeastern University is also affiliated with J-PAL. For decades, she says, the Boston Summer Youth Employment Program has aimed “to reduce inequality of opportunity by increasing access to early employment experiences for disadvantaged youth.”
EconoFact Turning a Corner on the Opioid Crisis? Alicia Modestino, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, and Economics at Northeastern University, where she also serves as Research Director of the Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy, joins EconoFact Chats.
Voice of America US Fed expected to announce its first interest rate cut since 2020 “As much as I think the Fed tries to say that they’re not a political animal, we are in a really wild cycle right now,” Alicia Modestino, an associate professor of economics at Northeastern University, told AFP.
Commentary: Summer jobs are back this year, but for how long? Op-ed by Alicia Modestino, the executive director of Community to Community, a new research initiative at Northeastern University that uses data and analysis to design, implement and evaluate public policies to push the needle forward on complex problems found in urban areas.
