Alicia Sasser Modestino

Small and medium establishments could face worse impacts than larger ones that can absorb labor shortages easier, said Northeastern University economist Alicia Sasser Modestino.

“That’s benefiting all of us — to have young people who are productive members of our community,” said Alicia Sasser Modestino, a Northeastern University professor and director of its Kitty and Michael Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy.

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.

ALICIA SASSER MODESTINO, an economist at Northeastern University in Boston, on employers freezing roles or cutting seasonal positions, hitting teenagers the hardest.

“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.

Uncertainty about the economy is a major reason, said Alicia Sasser Modestino, an economist at Northeastern University in Boston. 

“This is what teaches good work habits,” said Alicia Modestino, a professor of public policy at Northeastern University.

Alicia Modestino is an expert in youth employment at Northeastern University.

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.” 

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.